## Meanings
1. To deal successfully with something difficult.
2. A way of comforting yourself or a self-deception used to get through a hard situation.

## Examples
- It was hard to cope with so much work and so little sleep.
- He told himself it didn't matter, but everyone knew it was just a cope.

## Derived Forms
- copemate
- coper
- copesmate
- dyscopia
- noncoping
- uncoping

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: coupen
- Root: coper

## 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.

## AI Etymology
cope comes from Middle English coupen, from Old French coper, couper (“to strike, to cut”). The noun use went mainstream around 2020. The historical chain includes Middle English coupen, Old French coper. Current senses include to deal successfully with something difficult and A way of comforting yourself or a self-deception used to get through a hard situation. English relatives and later formations include copemate, coper, copesmate.

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