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English Dictionary: coped by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cope \Cope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Coped} (k[omac]pt); p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Coping}.] [OE. copen, coupen, to buy, bargain, prob.
      from D. koopen to buy, orig., to bargain. See {Cheap}.]
      1. To exchange or barter. [Obs.] --Spenser.
  
      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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Coped \Coped\, a.
      Clad in a cope.
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