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cope

1. cope \'ko-p\ n [ME, fr. OE -ca-p, fr. LL cappa head covering] 1: a long 
   enveloping ecclesiastical vestment  2a: something resembling a cope  2b: 
   COPING 
2. cope vt : to cover or furnish with a cope or coping 
3. cope vb [ME copen, fr. MF couper to strike, cut, fr. OF, fr. coup blo]w, 
   fr. LL colpus, alter. of L colaphus, fr. Gk kolaphos buffet obs  1: STRIKE, 
   FIGHT  2a: to maintain a contest or combat usu. on even terms or with 
   success  2b: to overcome problems and difficulties  archaic  3: MEET, 
   ENCOUNTER  obs  1: to meet in combat  obs  2: to come in contact with  obs  
   3: MATCH 
4. cope vt [prob. fr. F couper to cut] 1: NOTCH  2: to shape to fit a 
   coping or conform to the shape of another member