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copeEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English coupen, from Old French coper, couper (“to strike, to cut”). The noun use went mainstream around 2020.
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From Middle English cope, from Medieval Latin cāpa (“cape”) Doublet of cap, cape, and chape.
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From Middle English copen, borrowed from Middle Dutch copen. Cognate with Dutch kopen, German kaufen.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- CopeEnglish · e-37683-6001
Cope, kōp, n. a covering: a cap or hood: anything spread overhead: a coping: an ecclesiastical vestment worn over the alb or surplice in processions, at solemn lauds and vespers, but not by the celebrant at mass, semicir
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Cope, kōp, v.t. to barter or exchange. [Cf. Dut. koopen.]
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Cope, kōp, v.i. to contend.—v.t. to vie with, esp. on equal terms or successfully: to match.—n. Copes′mate (Shak.), a companion. [Fr. couper—L. colaphus, a blow with the fist.]
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