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cope

1  [kohp] verb, coped, cop⋅ing.
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–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 coup 1

Related forms:
copeless, adjective
cope⋅less⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. wrestle, strive, persevere.
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cope

2  [kohp] 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.
3. the sky.
4. 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 cap 1

cope

3  [kohp]
–verb (used with object), coped, cop⋅ing.
1. 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 cope 1

cope

4  [kohp]
–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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cope 1   (kōp)   
intr.v.   coped, cop·ing, copes
  1. To contend or strive, especially on even terms or with success: coping with child rearing and a full-time job.
  2. 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.
cope 2   (kōp)   
n.  
  1. A long ecclesiastical vestment worn over an alb or surplice.
  2. A covering resembling a cloak or mantle.
  3. A coping.
tr.v.   coped, cop·ing, copes
  1. To cover or dress in a cope.
  2. 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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Coped

Coped\, a. Clad in a cope.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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