From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cope \Cope\, v. t. (Falconry)
To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk). --J. H. Walsh.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.
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Horatio, thou art e'en as just a man
As e'er my conversation coped withal. --Shak.
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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.
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Host coped with host, dire was the din of war.
--Philips.
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Their generals have not been able to cope with the
troops of Athens. --Addison.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cope \Cope\ (k[=o]p), n. [A doublet of cape. See Cape, Cap.]
1. A covering for the head. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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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.
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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.
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A hundred and sixty priests all in their copes.
--Bp. Burnet.
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4. An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the
lead mines in Derbyshire, England.
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5. (Founding) The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part
of a loam mold. --Knight. De Colange.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cope \Cope\, v. t.
1. To bargain for; to buy. [Obs.]
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2. To make return for; to requite; to repay. [Obs.]
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three thousand ducats due unto the Jew,
We freely cope your courteous pains withal. --Shak.
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3. To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter.
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I love to cope him in these sullen fits. --Shak.
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They say he yesterday coped Hector in the battle,
and struck him down. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cope \Cope\, v. i.
To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow. [Obs.]
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Some bending down and coping toward the earth.
--Holland.
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