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cope(6)(dictionary)
cope(8)(dictionary)
cope(4)(dictionary)
cope(3)(dictionary)
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cope(7)(dictionary)
cope 1, verb(dictionary)

cope(2) (iou)



cope noun1. ME.
[medieval Latin capa var. of late Latin cappa CAP noun1.]
A long cloak or cape worn outdoors. ME-M18.
Ecclesiastical. A semicircular cloak of rich material worn in processions and on other, chiefly non-Eucharistic, occasions. ME.
fig. Anything likened to a cloak or canopy; esp. the vault of heaven, the firmament. LME.
under the cope of heaven arch. in all the world.
Addison The dark cope of night. W. de la Mare Heaven's midnight cope.
Founding. The upper or outer part of a flask. M19.
Comb.: copestone the top or head stone of a building; chiefly fig., a finishing touch.