cope

1. (slang) A coping mechanism or self-delusion one clings to in order to endure a hopeless situation.Examples: "There was some public grousing about the number of white supremacists attempting to recruit, however; some incels argued that white supremacy was just another "cope"–just another self-deluding attempt to cover over the grim truth of the blackpill."; "My only 2 copes for the past 3 years have been food & the internet/surfing. Both of these copes have only hurt me further as I have addictions to both sugar and the internet now and have isolated myself further and further into the oblivion."; "Just as it sounds, a Gymcel is an incel who goes to the gym a lot, which in their mind is a cope."slang

1. (Internet slang) A contemptuous dismissal, implying that someone should deal with some problem on their own and that the speaker will not engage any further.Internetderogatory

1. (liturgy) A long, loose cloak worn by a priest, deacon, or bishop when presiding over a ceremony other than the Mass.Examples: "[…] there went firſt 160 Prieſts, all in their Copes, eight Biſhops next, […]"; "He possessed a gorgeous cope of crimson silk and gold-thread damask, figured with a repeating pattern of golden pomegranates set in six-petalled formal blossoms, beyond which on either side was the pine-apple device wrought in seed-pearls."derogatory

2. (literary) The vault or canopy of the skies, heavens etc.Examples: "the starry cope of heaven"; "Who perceiveth and seeth himselfe placed here,[…]farthest from heavens coape, with those creatures, that are the worst of the three conditions; and yet dareth imaginarily place himselfe above the circle of the Moone, and reduce heaven under his feet."; "One summer night, in commune with the hope Thus deeply fed, amid those ruins gray I watched, beneath the dark sky’s starry cope; […]"derogatoryliterary

3. (construction) A covering piece on top of a wall exposed to the weather, usually made of metal, masonry, or stone, and sloped to carry off water.derogatory

4. (foundry) The top part of a sand casting mold.derogatory

1. (transitive) To cover (a joint or structure) with coping.derogatorytransitive

2. (intransitive) To form a cope or arch; to arch or bend; to bow.Examples: "[W]e ſee that wreſtlers onely doe claſpe about, and imbrace one another with their armes; and the moſt part of their ſtriving one againſt another, whether it be performed by taking hold either directly or indirectly, by tripping, by coping and tugging, doe all bring them together, and enterlace them; […]"derogatoryintransitive

1. (obsolete) To bargain for; to buy.derogatoryobsolete

2. (obsolete) To exchange or barter.Examples: "[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."derogatoryobsolete

3. (obsolete) To make return for; to requite; to repay.Examples: "Three thousand ducats due unto the Jew, / We freely cope your courteous pains withal."derogatoryobsolete

4. (obsolete) To match oneself against; to meet; to encounter.Examples: "I love to cope him in these sullen fits."; "They say he yesterday coped Hector in the battle, and struck him down."; "Says, ‘Mistress, do you travel to be coped? / Give me my fee: for sure, a plump-cheeked lass / Shall not the porter's lodge unkissèd pass.’"derogatoryobsolete

5. (obsolete) To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.Examples: "Horatio, thou art e'en as just a man / As e'er my conversation coped withal."derogatoryobsolete