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Cope

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(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.

(2):

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

(3):

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

(4):

(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.

(5):

(n.) A covering for the head.

(6):

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

(7):

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

(8):

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

(9):

(v. i.) To exchange or barter.

(10):

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

(11):

(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.

(12):

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

(13):

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

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cope'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/cope.html. 1828.