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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Cope

Cōpe, n.

noun

n. [W. cob, A-S. cappe, Sw. kåpa, kappa, Dan. kappe, kaabe, D. kap, Ger. kappe, Fr. cape, chape. See CAP.]

  1. A covering for the head. Johnson.
  2. Any thing regarded as extended over the head, as the arch or concave of the sky, the roof or covering of a house, the arch over a door, &c. “The starry cope of heaven.” Milton.

All these things that are contained Within this goodly cope. Spenser.

  1. A sacerdotal cloak worn during divine service by the clergy, 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. “Priests all in their copes.” Bp. Burnet.
  2. An ancient tribute due to the king or lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in some parts of Derbyshire.
  3. (Founding.) The top part of a flask.

Cōpe, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To form a cope or arch; to bend; to bow. [Obs.] “Some bending down and coping toward the earth.” Holland.

Cōpe, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. COPED (kōpt); p. pr. & vb. n. COPING.] [O. Eng. coupe, probably from the O. Fr. cop, coup, colp, a blow, Fr. colp, It. colpo, from Lat. colaphos, a blow with the fist, L. Lat. colapus, colopus, colpus, Gr. κόλαφος, so that it originally meant to interchange blows; or perhaps from D. koopen, A-S. ceapan, ceapian, to cheapen, trade. See 5, and cf. COPPICE.] 1. To enter into or maintain a 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. 2. To interchange kindness or sentiments; to encounter; to accost. She that never coped with stranger eyes. Shak. 3. To exchange or barter. [Obs.] Spencer.

Cōpe, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. 1. To match one's self against; to have dealings with; to accost. I love to cope him in these sullen fits. Shak. They say he yesterday coped Hector in the battle, and stroke him down, the disdain and shame whereof hath ever since kept Hector fasting and waking. Shak. 2. To make return for; to requite; to reward. Three thousand ducats due unto the Jew. We freely cope your courteous pains withal. Shak.