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Pronunciation : Cope
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [A doublet of cape. See Cape, Cap.]
Definition : 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, whereit 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)

Defn: The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold. Knight. De Colange.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Cope
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow. [Obs.] Some bending down and coping to ward the earth. Holland.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Cope
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk). J. H. Walsh.

t. (Falconry)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Cope
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. copen, coupen, to buy, bargain, prob. from D. koopen to buy, orig., to bargain. See Chear.]
Definition : 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.

i. [imp. & p.p. Coped; p.pr. & vb.n. Coping.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Cope
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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