cope+with

  • 61cope — There are two distinct words cope in English. The now more familiar one, ‘deal with’ [14], comes from Old French coper, and originally meant ‘hit, punch’. The Old French verb was a derivative of the noun cop ‘blow’, which in turn was a variant of …

    Word origins

  • 62Cope — medieval voluminous circular cloak often with a hood, although sometimes without when used for ceremonial purposes.with a hood. Front opening. Pictured (left) is a cope from 1280 1300 made of red silk twill embroidered with gold couching and… …

    Medieval glossary

  • 63cope —  1) to cope or coup, to chop or exchange, used by the coasters of Norfolk and Suffolk, and also Yorkshire ; probably from the Low Dutch word,  2) to cover ; to cope a wall, to cover the top of it, generally with stone, called a copeing. N. and S …

    A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

  • 64with — /wɪð / (say widh), /wɪθ / (say with) preposition 1. accompanied by or accompanying: I will go with you. 2. in some particular relation to (especially implying interaction, company, association, conjunction, or connection): to deal, talk, sit,… …

  • 65cope — cope1 verb deal effectively with something difficult. Derivatives coper noun Origin ME (in the sense meet in battle, come to blows ): from OFr. coper, colper, from cop, colp a blow , via L. from Gk kolaphos a blow with the fist . cope2 noun a… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 66cope — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. contend, strive, deal with; face; manage, handle. See contention. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. manage, weather, endure, contend, suffer, get by, face, *cut it, *hack it, deal with, handle …

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  • 67Cope loop catheter — a type of nephrostomy catheter with a loop at the end to hold it in place …

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  • 68Cope clamp — a crushing clamp with several hinged segments for use in surgery of the colon and rectum …

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  • 69Cope's law — genera with little specialization originate many types of organisms; highly specialized genera produce but few biological variations …

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  • 70Cope needle — a blunt ended hooklike needle with a concealed cutting edge and snare, used in biopsy of the pleura, pericardium, peritoneum, and synovium …

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