cope

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult.

   Chelsea were coping comfortably as Liverpool left Luis Suarez too isolated. Steven Gerrard was also being forced to drop too deep to offer support to the beleaguered Jay Spearing and Jordan Henderson rather than add attacking potency alongside the Uruguayan.

2. 2
   verb

   To clip the beak or talons of a bird.

   the beak and talons should be closely coped

3. 3
   noun

   A coping mechanism or self-delusion one clings to in order to endure a hopeless situation.

   There was some public grousing about the number of white supremacists attempting to recruit, however; some incels argued that white supremacy was just another "cope"–just another self-deluding attempt to cover over the grim truth of the blackpill.

4. 4
   intj

   An expression of spite towards someone who suffered a setback.

   "The other guy cheated, I had no chance!" "Cope."

5. 5
   noun

   A long, loose cloak worn by a priest, deacon, or bishop when presiding over a ceremony other than the Mass.

   […] there went firſt 160 Prieſts, all in their Copes, eight Biſhops next, […]

6. 6
   noun

   The vault or canopy of the skies, heavens etc.

   the starry cope of heaven

7. 7
   verb

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

   [W]e ſee that wreſtlers onely doe claſpe about, and imbrace one another with their armes; and the moſt part of their ſtriving one againſt another, whether it be performed by taking hold either directly or indirectly, by tripping, by coping and tugging, doe all bring them together, and enterlace them; […]

8. 8
   verb

   To exchange or barter.

   [The Patron] Will cope with thee in reasonable wise; That if the living yerely doo arise To fortie pound, that then his yongest sonne Shall twentie have, and twentie thou hast wonne.

Etymology

Etymology tree Old French couperder. English cope From Middle English coupen, from Old French coper, couper (“to strike, to cut”). The noun use went mainstream around 2020.