English Dictionary

cope

/kəʊp/

verb

(obsolete) To bargain for; to buy. / (obsolete) To exchange or barter. / (obsolete) To make return for; to requite; to repay. / (obsolete) To match oneself against; to meet; to encounter.

He tried to cope with the difficult situation.

意味（1）

(obsolete) To bargain for; to buy.

意味（2）

(obsolete) To exchange or barter.

[The Patron] Will cope with thee in reasonable wise;

That if the living yerely doo arise

To fortie pound, that then his yongest sonne

[The Patron] Will cope with thee in reasonable wise; That if the living yerely doo arise To fortie pound, that then his yongest sonne Shall twentie have, and twentie thou hast wonne.

意味（3）

(obsolete) To make return for; to requite; to repay.

Three thousand ducats due unto the Jew, / We freely cope your courteous pains withal.

意味（4）

(obsolete) To match oneself against; to meet; to encounter.

I love to cope him in these sullen fits.

意味（5）

(obsolete) 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.