Cope
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(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.
King James Dictionary [2]
COPE, n.
1. A cover for the head. 2. A sacerdotal ornament or vestment worn in sacred ministrations. An ornament worn by chanters and subchanters, when they officiate in solemnity. It reaches from the shoulders to the feet. 3. Any thing spread or extended over the head the arch or concave of the sky the roof or covering of a house the arch over a door, &c. 4. An ancient tribute due to the king or lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in some part of Derbyshire.
COPE,
1. To cover as with a cope. 2. To pare the beak or talons of a hawk. 3. To embrace.
COPE,
1. To strive or contend on equal terms, or with equal strength to equal in combat to match to oppose with success.
The Generals have not been able to cope with the troops of Athens.
Till Luther rose, no power could cope with the pope.
He was too open and direct in his conduct, and possessed too little management-to cope with so cool and skillful an adversary.
2. To contend to strive or struggle to combat.
Host copd with host, dire was the din of war.
3. To encounter to interchange kindness or sentiments. 4. To make return to reward. 5. To exchange, or barter. Not in use.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
(Lat. capa, Fr. chape), a sort of cloak, forming part of the sacerdotal vestments in the Roman Church. It was formerly worn by the clergy of the Church of England during divine service, but has fallen into disuse, except on such occasions as a coronation. It reaches from the neck nearly to the feet, and is open in front, except at the top, where it is fastened by a band or clasp. The canons of the Church of England describe it as a part of clerical dress. See Du Cange, s.v. Capa.
