Cope

Definition of Cope

Pronunciation: kōpt

n.	1.	A covering for the head.
	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.
	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. 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.
v. i.	1.	To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow. Some bending down and coping toward the earth. - Holland.
v. t.	1.	(Falconry) To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk).
v. i.	1.	To exchange or barter. [imp. & p. p. Coped (kōpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Coping.]
	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.
v. t.	1.	To bargain for; to buy.
	2.	To make return for; to requite; to repay. 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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