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Meaning and definition for "cope" word
[verb] come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
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\Cope\, v. i. To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow. [Obs.] Some bending down and coping toward the earth. --Holland.
\Cope\, v. t. (Falconry) To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk). --J. H. Walsh.
\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.
\Cope\, v. t. 1. To bargain for; to buy. [Obs.] 2. To make return for; to requite; to repay. [Obs.] three thousand ducats due unto the Jew, We freely cope your courteous pains withal. --Shak. 3. To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter. I love to cope him in these sullen fits. --Shak. They say he yesterday coped Hector in the battle, and struck him down. --Shak.
Synonyms for cope
contend, coping, deal, get by, grapple, header, make do, make out, manage
See also: act | brick | cope with | cut | extemporize | fend | hack | improvise | match | meet | move | rub along | scrape along | scrape by | scratch along | squeak by | squeeze by | wall |
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Let's analyse "cope" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: EPOC. Average typing speed for these characters is 1045 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
cope: 6 + 5 = 11, reduced: 11 . and the final result is Eleven. |
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