Cope \Cope\, v. i. To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow. [Obs.]

Some bending down and coping toward the earth. --Holland.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Cope \Cope\, v. t. (Falconry) To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk). --J. H. Walsh.

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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.

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. --Shak.

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.

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Cope \Cope\ (k[=o]p), n. [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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Cope \Cope\, v. 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. --Shak.

3. To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter.

I love to cope him in these sullen fits. --Shak.

They say he yesterday coped Hector in the battle, and struck him down. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)