COPE

Definitions for the word, cope

(n.) A covering for the head.

(n.) An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England.

(n.) 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.

(n.) 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.

(n.) The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold.

(v. i.) To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.

(v. i.) 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.

(v. i.) To exchange or barter.

(v. i.) To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow.

(v. t.) To bargain for; to buy.

(v. t.) To make return for; to requite; to repay.

(v. t.) To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter.

(v. t.) To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk).