'Cope' definitions:

Definition of 'cope'

(from WordNet)
noun
Brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall [syn: header, coping, cope]
noun
A long cloak; worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions
verb
Come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" [syn: cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage]

Definition of 'Cope'

From: GCIDE
  • Cope \Cope\, v. t.
  • 1. To bargain for; to buy. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To make return for; to requite; to repay. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • three thousand ducats due unto the Jew, We freely cope your courteous pains withal. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter. [1913 Webster]
  • I love to cope him in these sullen fits. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • They say he yesterday coped Hector in the battle, and struck him down. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Cope'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To encounter; to meet; to have to do with. [1913 Webster]
  • Horatio, thou art e'en as just a man As e'er my conversation coped withal. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Host coped with host, dire was the din of war. --Philips. [1913 Webster]
  • Their generals have not been able to cope with the troops of Athens. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Cope'

From: GCIDE
  • Cope \Cope\ (k[=o]p), n. [A doublet of cape. See Cape, Cap.]
  • 1. A covering for the head. [Obs.] --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • A hundred and sixty priests all in their copes. --Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Founding) The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold. --Knight. De Colange. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Cope'

From: GCIDE
  • Cope \Cope\, v. i. To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Some bending down and coping toward the earth. --Holland. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Cope'

From: GCIDE
  • Cope \Cope\, v. t. (Falconry) To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk). --J. H. Walsh. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'cope'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Cope, SC -- U.S. town in South Carolina

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Cope, SC -- U.S. town in South Carolina
Population (2000) :
107
Housing Units (2000) :
46
Land area (2000) :
0.247869 sq. miles (0.641977 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.247869 sq. miles (0.641977 sq. km)
FIPS code :
16720
Located within :
South Carolina (SC), FIPS 45
Location :
33.377510 N, 81.007736 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
29038
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

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