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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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... gives courage for resolute effort resulting in clear and full verification. Jesus may have been ignorant of the objective reality of Lazarus's condition, and yet have been very hopeful of being empowered by the divine aid he prayed for (John xi. 41) to cope ...

— Miracles and Supernatural Religion • James Morris Whiton

... "I don't think I want to blame either you or Max. The situation was difficult, and you weren't quite strong enough to cope with it. That's all. But"—with one of his rare smiles that flashed out like sunshine after rain—"you haven't reached the end of the ...

— The Splendid Folly • Margaret Pedler

... valiant endeavours to cope with the heritage of Babel were better known to us than he imagined. More than once his efforts to extract from strangers that information which was his due, and at the same time, like a juggler of many parts, to keep the balls of Dignity and Courtesy rolling, ...

— Jonah and Co. • Dornford Yates

... of the coming trial, and he prepared to take official note of it. While matters were being gotten in readiness Tom turned the wheel over to his assistant pilot and went to the engine-room to see that everything was in good shape to cope with any emergency. The rudders had been carefully examined before the flight was made, to make sure they would not fail, for on them depended the progress of the ship against the ...

— Tom Swift and his Aerial Warship - or, The Naval Terror of the Seas • Victor Appleton

... standards, it often occurs to the mind of the sensitive visitor, whose conscience has been made tender by much talk of brotherhood and equality, that she has no right to say these things; that her untrained hands are no more fitted to cope with actual conditions than those of ...

— Democracy and Social Ethics • Jane Addams

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