Cope, v. t. 1. To bargain for; to buy.
2. To make return for; to requite; to repay.
three thousand ducats due unto the Jew,
We freely cope your courteous pains withal.
Shak.
3. To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter.
I love to cope him in these sullen fits.
Shak.
They say he yesterday coped Hector in the battle, and struck him down.
Shak.