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