cope
1 [kohp]
verb, coped, cop⋅ing.| 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). |
| 4. | British Informal. to cope with. |
| 5. | Obsolete. to come into contact with; encounter. |
Related forms:
1. wrestle, strive, persevere.
cope
2 [kohp]
noun, verb, coped, cop⋅ing.| 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). |
| 6. | to furnish with or as if with a cope or coping. |
cope
3 [kohp]
| 1. | Building Trades.
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| 2. | Falconry. to clip or dull (the beak or talons of a hawk). |
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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.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.Cope
Cope\, v. t. (Falconry) To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk). --J. H. Walsh.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.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.Cite This Source
cope (v.)
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Main Entry: cope
Pronunciation: 'kOp
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: coped; cop·ing
: to deal with and attempt toovercome problems and difficulties —usually used with with
Main Entry: COPE
Function: abbreviation
chronic obstructive pulmonary emphysema
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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
liturgical vestment worn by Roman Catholic and some Anglican clergy at non-eucharistic functions. A full-length cloak formed from a semicircular piece of cloth, it is open at the front and is fastened at the breast by hooks or a brooch. It is made of silk or other rich material in various colours. Originally, a hood was attached to the neck, but this was replaced by a shield-shaped piece of material. In the 20th century the hood was restored. The cope was adapted from the cappa choralis ("choir mantle"), a black, hooded vestment worn by clergy in processions and choir services. It is known that the cope was in use by the end of the 8th century as a liturgical vestment, and by the end of the 11th century it was universally adopted.
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