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Synonyms of Cope

canopy, chapel, cloak, complete, contend, cover, deal, dress, encounter, endure, equal, face

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[kohp] Pronunciation Key verb, coped, cop·ing.

–verb (used without object)

1.	to struggle or deal, esp. on fairly even terms or with some degree of success (usually fol. by with): I will try to cope with his rudeness.

2.	to face and deal with responsibilities, problems, or difficulties, esp. successfully or in a calm or adequate manner: After his breakdown he couldn't cope any longer.

3.	Archaic. to come into contact; meet (usually fol. by with).

–verb (used with object)

4.	British Informal. to cope with.

5.	Obsolete. to come into contact with; encounter.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME coupen < AF, OF couper to strike, deriv. of coup coup¹

]

—Related forms

copeless, adjective

cope·less·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. wrestle, strive, persevere.

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[kohp] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, coped, cop·ing.

–noun

1.	a long mantle, esp. of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.

2.	any cloaklike or canopylike covering.

the sky.

a coping.

5.	Metallurgy. the upper half of a flask. Compare drag (def. 31).

–verb (used with object)

6.	to furnish with or as if with a cope or coping.

[Origin: 1175–1225; ME < ML cāpa, var. of cappa cap¹

]

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[kohp] Pronunciation Key

–verb (used with object), coped, cop·ing.

Building Trades.

a.	to join (two molded wooden members) by undercutting the end of one of them to the profile of the other so that the joint produced resembles a miter joint (usually fol. by in or together).

b.	to form (a joint between such members) in this way.

c.	to undercut the end of (a molded wooden member) in order to form a coped joint.

d.	to cut away (a flange of a metal member) so that it may be joined to another member at an angle.

2.	Falconry. to clip or dull (the beak or talons of a hawk).

[Origin: 1565–75; < F couper to cut; see cope¹

]

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[kohp] Pronunciation Key

–verb (used with object), coped, cop·ing. British.

to barter; trade; exchange.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME copen < LG; cf. MD côpen to buy

]

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cope¹ (kōp) Pronunciation Key
intr.v. coped, cop·ing, copes

To contend or strive, especially on even terms or with success: coping with child rearing and a full-time job.
To contend with difficulties and act to overcome them: "Facing unprecedented problems, the Federal Reserve of the early 1930s couldn't cope" (Robert J. Samuelson).

[Middle English copen, coupen, to strike, from Old French couper, from Vulgar Latin *colpāre, from Late Latin colpus, blow; see coup.]

cop'er n.

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cope² (kōp) Pronunciation Key
n.

A long ecclesiastical vestment worn over an alb or surplice.
A covering resembling a cloak or mantle.
A coping.

tr.v. coped, cop·ing, copes

To cover or dress in a cope.
To provide with coping: cope a wall.

[Middle English cope, from Old English -cāp, from Medieval Latin cāpa, cloak, from Late Latin cappa.]

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cope (v.)

c.1350, from O.Fr. couper, earlier colper "hit, punch," from colp "a blow" (see coup). Meaning of "come to blows with" evolved 17c. into "handle successfully," perhaps influenced by obs. cope "to traffic" (15c.-17c.), a word in North Sea trade, from the Flem. version of the Gmc. source of Eng. cheap (q.v.).

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cope
noun
1.	brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall [syn: header]
2.	a long cloak; worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions
verb
1.	come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"

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cope ¹ (kōp)
v. coped, cop·ing, copes
To contend with difficulties with the intent to overcome them.

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Cope, CO Zip code(s): 80812

Cope, SC (town, FIPS 16720) Location: 33.37820 N, 81.00684 W
Population (1990): 124 (48 housing units)
Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 29038

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

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Cope

Cope\ (k[=o]p), n. [A doublet of cape. See Cape, Cap.]

1. A covering for the head. [Obs.] --Johnson.

2. Anything regarded as extended over the head, as the arch or concave of the sky, the roof of a house, the arch over a door. "The starry cope of heaven." --Milton.

3. An ecclesiastical vestment or cloak, semicircular in form, reaching from the shoulders nearly to the feet, and open in front except at the top, where it is united by a band or clasp. It is worn in processions and on some other occasions. --Piers plowman.

A hundred and sixty priests all in their copes. --Bp. Burnet.

4. An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England.

5. (Founding) The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold. --Knight. De Colange.

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Cope

Cope\, v. i. To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow. [Obs.]

Some bending down and coping toward the earth. --Holland.

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Cope

Cope\, v. t. (Falconry) To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk). --J. H. Walsh.

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Cope

Cope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Coped (k[=o]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Coping.] [OE. copen, coupen, to buy, bargain, prob. from D. koopen to buy, orig., to bargain. See Cheap.]

1. To exchange or barter. [Obs.] --Spenser.

2. To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.

Horatio, thou art e'en as just a man As e'er my conversation coped withal. --Shak.

3. To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle; to combat; especially, to strive or contend on equal terms or with success; to match; to equal; -- usually followed by with.

Host coped with host, dire was the din of war. --Philips.

Their generals have not been able to cope with the troops of Athens. --Addison.

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Cope

Cope\, v. t. 1. To bargain for; to buy. [Obs.]

2. To make return for; to requite; to repay. [Obs.]

three thousand ducats due unto the Jew, We freely cope your courteous pains withal. --Shak.

3. To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter.

I love to cope him in these sullen fits. --Shak.

They say he yesterday coped Hector in the battle, and struck him down. --Shak.

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