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<hw>Cope</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[A doublet of <ets>cape</ets>. See <er>Cape</er>, <er>Cap</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A covering for the head.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def> "The starry <i>cope</i> of heaven."

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An ecclesiastical vestment or cloak, semicircular in form, reaching from the shoulders nearly to the feet, and open in front except at the top, whereit is united by a band or clasp. It is worn in processions and on some other occasions.</def>

<i>Piers plowman.</i>

<blockquote>A hundred and sixty priests all in their <b>copes</b>. <i>Bp. Burnet.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in derbyshire, England.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Founding)</fld> <def>The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold.</def>

<i>Knight. De Colange.</i>

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<hw>Cope</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Some bending down and <b>coping</b> to ward the earth. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Cope</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <fld>(Falconry)</fld> <def>To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk).</def>

<i>J. H. Walsh.</i>

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<hw>Cope</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Coped</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Coping</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>copen</ets>, <ets>coupen</ets>, to buy, bargain, prob. from D. <ets>koopen</ets> to buy, orig., to bargain. See <er>Chear</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To exchange or barter.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.</def>

<blockquote>Horatio, thou art e'en as just a man As e'er my conversation <b>coped</b> withal. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>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 <i>with</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Host <b>coped</b> with host, dire was the din of war. <i>Philips.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Their generals have not been able to <b>cope</b> with the troops of Athens. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Cope</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To bargain for; to buy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make return for; to requite; to repay.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>