Definitions for Cope
koʊpcope

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. header, coping, copenoun

   brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall

2. copeverb

   a long cloak; worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions

3. cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manageverb

   come to terms with

   "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Copenoun

   1. Any thing with which the head is covered.2. A sacerdotal cloak, or vestment worn in sacred ministration.3. Any thing which is spread over the head; as the concave of the skies; any archwork over a door.

   All these things that are contained
   Within this goodly cope, both most and least,
   Their being have, and daily are increast. Edmund Spenser.

   Over head the dismal hiss
   Of fiery darts in flaming volleys flew;
   And, flying, vaulted either host with fire;
   So, under fiery cope, together rush’d
   Both battles main. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. vi. l. 215.

   The scholar believes there is no man under the cope of heaven, who is so knowing as his master. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

2. To Copeverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To cover, as with a cope.

   A very large bridge, that is all made of wood, and coped over head. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

   2. To reward; to give in return.

   I and my friend
   Have, by your wisdom, been this day acquitted
   Of grievous penalties; in lieu whereof,
   Three thousand ducats, due unto the Jew,
   We freely cope your courteous pains withal. William Shakespeare.

   3. To contend with; to oppose.

   Know my name is lost;
   By treason’s tooth bare gnawn, and canker bit;
   Yet I am noble as the adversary I come to cope. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.

3. To Copeverb

   1. To contend; to struggle; to strive. It has with before the thing or person opposed. In this sense it is a word of doubtful etymology. The conjecture of Franciscus Junius derives it from koopen, to buy, or some other word of the same import; so that to cope with, signifies to interchange blows, or any thing else, with another.

   Let our trains
   March by us, that we may peruse the men
   We should have cop’d withal. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. ii.

   It is likely thou wilt undertake
   A thing, like death, to chide away this shame,
   That copes with death itself, to ’scape from it. William Shakespeare.

   But Eve was Eve;
   This far his over-match, who, self-deceiv’d
   And rash, beforehand had no better weigh’d
   The strength he was to cope with, or his own. John Milton, P. R.

   They perfectly understood both the hares and the enemy they were to cope withal. Roger L'Estrange, Fables.

   On every plain,
   Host cop’d with host, dire was the din of war. Philips.

   Their generals have not been able to cope with the troops of Athens, which I have conducted. Joseph Addison, Whig Examiner.

   If the mind apply itself first to easier subjects, and things near a-kin to what is already known; and then advance to the more remote and knotty parts of knowledge by slow degrees, it will be able, in this manner, to cope with great difficulties, and prevail over them with amazing and happy success. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind.

   2. To encounter; to interchange kindness or sentiments.

   Thou fresh piece
   Of excellent witchcraft, who of force must know
   The royal fool thou cop’st with. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

   I will make him tell the tale anew;
   Where, how, how oft, how long ago, and when
   He hath, and is again to cope your wife. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   Thou art e’en as just a man,
   As e’er my conversation coped withal. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cope

   To deal effectively with something difficult, typically a challenging situation, event, or condition, often by employing strategies or methods to manage or overcome the difficulty. It can also refer to encountering and handling problems or difficulties in a calm and productive manner.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 4 votes

1. Copenoun

   a covering for the head

2. Copenoun

   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

3. Copenoun

   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

4. Copenoun

   an ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England

5. Copenoun

   the top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold

6. Copeverb

   to form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow

7. Copeverb

   to pare the beak or talons of (a hawk)

8. Copeverb

   to exchange or barter

9. Copeverb

   to encounter; to meet; to have to do with

10. Copeverb

    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

11. Copeverb

    to bargain for; to buy

12. Copeverb

    to make return for; to requite; to repay

13. Copeverb

    to match one's self against; to meet; to encounter

14. Etymology: [OE. copen, coupen, to buy, bargain, prob. from D. koopen to buy, orig., to bargain. See Cheap.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cope

   The cope is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour. A cope may be worn by any rank of the clergy, and also by lay ministers in certain circumstances. If worn by a bishop, it is generally accompanied by a mitre. The clasp, which is often highly ornamented, is called a morse. In art, angels are often shown wearing copes, especially in Early Netherlandish painting.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Cope

   kōp, n. a covering: a cap or hood: anything spread overhead: a coping: an ecclesiastical vestment worn over the alb or surplice in processions, at solemn lauds and vespers, but not by the celebrant at mass, semicircular, without sleeves and with a hood, fastened across the breast with a clasp or morse, the straight edge usually ornamented with a broad orphrey.—v.t. to cover with a cope.—ns. Cope′-stone, Cop′ing-stone, the stone which copes or tops a wall; Cop′ing, the covering course of masonry of a wall. [From root of Cap.]

2. Cope

   kōp, v.t. to barter or exchange. [Cf. Dut. koopen.]

3. Cope

   kōp, v.i. to contend.—v.t. to vie with, esp. on equal terms or successfully: to match.—n. Copes′mate (Shak.), a companion. [Fr. couper—L. colaphus, a blow with the fist.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. cope

   An old English word for cape.

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. COPE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cope is ranked #1964 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Cope surname appeared 18,410 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 6 would have the surname Cope.
   
   90.5% or 16,661 total occurrences were White.
   4.1% or 768 total occurrences were Black.
   2.1% or 387 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.8% or 337 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.8% or 156 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.5% or 101 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Brick

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Cope' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2705

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Cope' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1707

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Cope' in Verbs Frequency: #397

How to pronounce Cope?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Cope in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Cope in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Cope in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Cope in a Sentence

1. Boris Nemtsov:

   I won't hide the fact that the opposition is under strong pressure, lies are spread about the people, and one has to be a very strong person to cope with all this. I know this from my own experience.

2. Brian Killian/WireImage/Getty:

   That’s my duty and I’m more than happy to do that, it’s difficult when there’s a workload, but I have to cope with it.

3. Sara King:

   The program is easily accessible, teenagers liked it, and it helped improve the teenagers’ ability to cope with pain.

4. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga:

   There might be terrorism attempts in the future at the Olympics and G7 Summit using drones, so we need to examine and review continuously the way small unmanned vehicles like drones should be operated and how to cope with the threat of terrorism from drones. The government will do all that we can to prevent terrorism.

5. Marg Makins ':

   You don't ever deal with it, you just learn to cope, i would just like to spare other mothers, other families and other friends.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Cope
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Cope
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Cope
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Cope
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Cope
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Cope
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html