v. 处理；对付；竞争（cope 的过去式和过去分词）

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.

2. To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.

Horatio, thou art e'en as just a man
As e'er my conversation coped withal. --Shak.

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.

Host coped with host, dire was the din of war.
--Philips.

Their generals have not been able to cope with the
troops of Athens. --Addison.


Coped \Coped\, a.
Clad in a cope.
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