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Cope

verb

(past & past part. coped; pres. part. coping)

Come to terms with. Synonyms: contend, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage. "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"

noun

Brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall. Synonyms: coping, header.

A long cloak; worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions.

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... great tree he gazed down upon the life within the enclosure. To this place had the spoor led him. His quarry must be within; but how was he to find him among so many huts? Tarzan, although cognizant of his mighty powers, realized also his limitations. He knew that he could not successfully cope with great numbers in open battle. He must resort to the stealth and trickery of the wild beast, if ...

— Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... I," said Gurth, "for the jolly Clerk of Copmanhurst is a known man and kills half the deer that are stolen in this walk. Men say that the deer-keeper has complained of him and that he will be stripped of his [v]cowl and [v]cope altogether if he ...

— The Literary World Seventh Reader • Various

... occurred in 1792, he succeeded in baffling all the efforts of the Federal and State authorities to come to an understanding with the Creek nation. He was perhaps the most accomplished diplomat in the country,—a veritable Talleyrand, able to cope with the most distinguished statesmen among the Americans. Such of his letters as have been preserved do not suffer by comparison with the writings of even the greatest of the Americans. The most of these depended on a stately and scholarly diction ...

— Stories Of Georgia - 1896 • Joel Chandler Harris

... ambassador, continuing, said that Spain, realising the hopelessness of a conflict, knowing that she was unable to cope with the great power of her adversary, and appreciating fully that a prolongation of the struggle would only entail a further sacrifice of life and result in great misery to her people, on the ...

— The Boys of '98 • James Otis

... tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week or the next year? 15 Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of ...

— Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year • E.C. Hartwell

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