Coped

Coped \Coped\, a.
   Clad in a cope.
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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.
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   2. To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.
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            Horatio, thou art e'en as just a man
            As e'er my conversation coped withal. --Shak.
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   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.
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            Host coped with host, dire was the din of war.
                                                  --Philips.
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            Their generals have not been able to cope with the
            troops of Athens.                     --Addison.
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