cope

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To cope is to successfully manage something difficult or challenging.

An example of cope is when you are able to get through the hard time after your mother's death.
An example of cope is when a street is wide enough to handle the amount of traffic it gets.

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cope

intransitive verb

coped, cop′ing

to fight or contend (with) successfully or on equal terms
to deal with problems, troubles, etc.
Archaic to meet, encounter, or have to do (with)

Origin of cope

Middle English coupen from Old French coper, colper, to strike from colp, coup

Archaic to meet, as in a contest; encounter
Obs. to match equally

a large, capelike vestment worn by priests at certain ceremonies
anything regarded as covering like a cope, as a vault or the sky
coping

Origin of cope

Middle English from Medieval Latin capa, variant, variety of Late Latin cappa: see cap

transitive verb

coped, cop′ing

to cover or provide with a cope or coping

transitive verb

coped, cop′ing

to cut or shape (a part used in building) so that it will fit over or against another part, as a coping or molding

Origin of cope

back-formation from coping

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cope

intransitive verb

coped, cop·ing, copes

To contend or strive, especially on even terms or with success: coping with child-rearing and a full-time job.
To contend with difficulties and act to overcome them: “Facing unprecedented problems, the Federal Reserve of the early 1930s couldn't cope” ( Robert J. Samuelson )

Origin of cope

Middle English copen, coupen to strike from Old French couper from Vulgar Latin colpāre from Late Latin colpus blow ; see coup .

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cop′er
noun

noun

A long ecclesiastical vestment worn over an alb or surplice.
A covering resembling a cloak or mantle.
A coping.

transitive verb

coped, cop·ing, copes

To cover or dress in a cope.
To provide with coping: cope a wall.

Origin of cope

Middle English cope from Old English -cāp from Medieval Latin cāpa cloak from Late Latin cappa

cope2

mid-19th-century English cope designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852)

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Verb

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

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.
To cut and form a mitred joint in wood or metal.
(falconry) To clip the beak or talons of a bird.

Origin

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

Noun

(plural copes)

A long, loose cloak worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions.
Any covering such as a canopy or a mantle.
The "vault" or "canopy" of the skies, heavens etc.
(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.
(foundry) The top part of a sand casting mold.
An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England.

Verb

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

To cover (a joint or structure) with coping.
(intransitive) To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow.

Origin

From Latin capa (“cape”)

Verb

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

Shakespeare
They say he yesterday coped Hector in the battle, and struck him down.
Philips
Host coped with host, dire was the battle.

See also: copé

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