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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cope \Cope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Coped} (k[=o]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]: Coping \Cop"ing\, n. [See {Cope}, n.] (Arch.) The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often with sloping edges to carry off water; -- sometimes called {capping}. --Gwill. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: coping n : brick that are laid sideways at the top of a wall [syn: {header}, {cope}]
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