Cope - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Cope :  (noun)

1: brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall [syn: header, coping] (verb)

1: 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" [syn: get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage]

Based on WordNet 2.0

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.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example Usage of Cope

trelly: @KamekaD ps ~ we didn't have a car so I had to Cope with the 40 riffraff *ha* (I always aimed for a front seat never the bk of the bus)
maternitique: Tip to Cope with stress in pregnancy: spend time with your friends. Laugh. Hug. Be.
Damieen: I will have to push myself to the limits and Cope with the day at work xmas party was good tho..
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