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Webster 1913 Edition

Cope

Cope

(kōp)
,
Noun.
[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

,
Verb.
I.
To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow.
[Obs.]
Some bending down and
coping
toward the earth.
Holland.

Cope

,
Verb.
T.
(Falconry)
To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk).
J. H. Walsh.

Cope

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Coped
(kōpt)
;
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.
Shakespeare
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

,
Verb.
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.
Shakespeare
3.
To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter.
I love to
cope
him in these sullen fits.
Shakespeare
They say he yesterday
coped
Hector in the battle, and struck him down.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Cope

COPE

,
Noun.
1.
A cover for the head.
2.
A sacerdotal ornament or vestment worn in sacred ministrations. An ornament worn by chanters and subchanters, when they officiate in solemnity. It reaches from the shoulders to the feet.
3.
Any thing spread or extended over the head; the arch or concave of the sky; the roof or covering of a house; the arch over a door, &c.
4.
An ancient tribute due to the king or lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in some part of Derbyshire.

COPE

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To cover as with a cope.
2.
To pare the beak or talons of a hawk.
3.
To embrace.

COPE

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To strive or contend on equal terms, or with equal strength; to equal in combat; to match; to oppose with success.
The Generals have not been able to cope with the troops of Athens.
Till Luther rose, no power could cope with the pope.
He was too open and direct in his conduct, and possessed too little management-to cope with so cool and skillful an adversary.
2.
To contend; to strive or struggle; to combat.
Host copd with host, dire was the din of war.
3.
To encounter; to interchange kindness or sentiments.
4.
To make return; to reward.
5.
To exchange, or barter. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

Cope

Cope

See also: cope, copé, and copë

English

Proper noun

Cope

  1. A surname​.

Derived terms

cope

cope

See also: copé, copë, and Cope

English

Verb

cope ‎(third-person singular simple present copes, present participle coping, simple past and past participle coped)

  1. To deal effectively with something difficult.
    I thought I would never be able to cope with life after the amputation, but I have learned how to be happy again.
    • 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
      Chelsea were coping comfortably as Liverpool left Luis Suarez too isolated. Steven Gerrard was also being forced to drop too deep to offer support to the beleaguered Jay Spearing and Jordan Henderson rather than add attacking potency alongside the Uruguayan.
  2. To cut and form a mitred joint in wood or metal.
  3. (falconry) To clip the beak or talons of a bird.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of J. H. Walsh to this entry?)
Synonyms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin capa ‎(“cape”)

Noun

cope ‎(plural copes)

  1. A long, loose cloak worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions.
    • Bishop Burnet
      a hundred and sixty priests all in their copes
    • 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. XI:
      He possessed a gorgeous cope of crimson silk and gold-thread damask, figured with a repeating pattern of golden pomegranates set in six-petalled formal blossoms, beyond which on either side was the pine-apple device wrought in seed-pearls.
  2. Any covering such as a canopy or a mantle.
  3. The "vault" or "canopy" of the skies, heavens etc.
    • Milton
      the starry cope of heaven
    • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.12:
      Who perceiveth and seeth himselfe placed here, […] farthest from heavens coape, with those creatures, that are the worst of the three conditions; and yet dareth imaginarily place himselfe above the circle of the Moone, and reduce heaven under his feet.
  4. (construction) A covering piece on top of a wall exposed to the weather, usually made of metal, masonry, or stone and sloped to carry off water.
  5. (foundry) The top part of a sand casting mold.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
    (Can we find and add a quotation of De Colange to this entry?)
  6. An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England.
Translations

Verb

cope ‎(third-person singular simple present copes, present participle coping, simple past and past participle coped)

  1. (transitive) To cover (a joint or structure) with coping.
  2. (intransitive) To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow.
    • Holland
      Some bending down and coping to ward the earth.
Translations

Etymology 3

Verb

cope ‎(third-person singular simple present copes, present participle coping, simple past and past participle coped)

  1. (obsolete) To bargain for; to buy.
  2. (obsolete) To exchange or barter.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
  3. (obsolete) To make return for; to requite; to repay.
    • Shakespeare
      Three thousand ducats due unto the Jew, / We freely cope your courteous pains withal.
  4. (obsolete) To match oneself against; to meet; to encounter.
    • Shakespeare
      I love to cope him in these sullen fits.
    • Shakespeare
      They say he yesterday coped Hector in the battle, and struck him down.
    • Philips
      Host coped with host, dire was the battle.
  5. (obsolete) To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.
    • Shakespeare
      Horatio, thou art e'en as just a man / As e'er my conversation coped withal.

Anagrams

Old French

Etymology

Late Latin cuppa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔpə/

Noun

cope f ‎(oblique plural copes, nominative singular cope, nominative plural copes)

  1. cup (vessel from which liquid is drunk)

Spanish

Verb

cope

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of copar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of copar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of copar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of copar.

Etymology

From Middle English coupen, from Old French couper ‎(“to strike" or "to cut”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəʊp/
  • Rhymes: -əʊp

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