About The Word Cope

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Cope

Cope Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Cope?
[n] brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
[v] come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" Synonyms | Synonyms for Cope: contend | coping | deal | get by | grapple | header | make do | make out | manage Related Terms | Find terms related to Cope: apply to | blanket | block | canopy | challenge | cloak | clothe | cloud | come through | compete | compete with | contend against | contend with | cope with | cover | cover up | cowl | curtain | deal with | dispose of | do with | eclipse | eke out | emulate | film | get along | get along on | get by | get by on | handle | hood | jockey | keep afloat | lay on | lay over | make do | make ends meet | make out | makeshift | manage | manage with | mantle | mask | meet | muffle | obduce | obscure | occult | outvie | overlay | overspread | put on | rival | scrape along | screen | scum | shield | spread over | subsist | superimpose | superpose | survive | test one another | veil | vie | vie with | withstand See Also | act | brick | cope with | cut | extemporize | fend | hack | improvise | match | meet | move | rub along | scrape along | scrape by | scratch along | squeak by | squeeze by | wall Cope In Webster's Dictionary \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\, 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\, v. t. (Falconry) To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk). --J. H. Walsh. \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\, 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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