cope vb. (1 and 2 not pre-S.; 3 only S.)
1.
intr. to
come into contact “with,” have to do “with”
Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 437
“The royal fool thou
cop'st with,”
Ham. III. ii. 60, Lucr. 99.
2.
trans. to meet,
encounter
AYL. II. i. 67
“I love to him in these
sullen fits,”
H8 I. ii. 78, Troil. I. ii. 34, Lr. V. iii. 126 (Qq
“ withal”), Oth. IV. i. 87,
Ven. 888
“who shall cope him
first.”
3.
to match (a thing)
“with” (an
equivalent) Mer.V. IV. i.
413.
