copeth

Verb (1)

cope (third-person singular simple present copes, present participle coping, simple past and past participle coped)

1. (intransitive) To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult.
   • Chelsea were coping comfortably as Liverpool left Luis Suarez too isolated. Steven Gerrard was also being forced to drop too deep to offer support to the beleaguered Jay Spearing and Jordan Henderson rather than add attacking potency alongside the Uruguayan.2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport

   Synonyms:

   contend, hold it together, hack, contrive, manage

   Antonyms:

   lose one's shit

2. To cut and form a mitred joint in wood or metal.
3. To clip the beak or talons of a bird.
   • the beak and talons should be closely coped1856, John Henry Walsh, Manual of British Rural Sports

Verb (2)

cope (third-person singular simple present copes, present participle coping, simple past and past participle coped)

1. (derogatory, transitive) To cover (a joint or structure) with coping.
2. (derogatory, intransitive) To form a cope or arch; to arch or bend; to bow.
   • [W]e ſee that wreſtlers onely doe claſpe about, and imbrace one another with their armes; and the moſt part of their ſtriving one againſt another, whether it be performed by taking hold either directly or indirectly, by tripping, by coping and tugging, doe all bring them together, and enterlace...1603, Plutarch, “The Second Booke of the Symposiaques. The Fourth Question. Whether Wrestling were of All the Exercises and Games of Prise, Most Ancient or No?”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The...

Verb (3)

cope (third-person singular simple present copes, present participle coping, simple past and past participle coped)

1. (derogatory, obsolete) To bargain for; to buy.

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