'Coped' definitions:
Definition of 'Coped'
From: GCIDE
- Coped \Coped\, a. Clad in a cope. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Coped'
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]