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cope1

Syllabification: (cope)

Pronunciation: /kōp/

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Definition of cope

verb

[no object]

(of a person) deal effectively with something difficult:his ability to cope with stress it all got too much for me and I couldn’t cope
(of a machine or system) have the capacity to deal successfully with:the roads are barely adequate to cope with the present traffic

Derivatives

coper

Origin:

Middle English (in the sense 'meet in battle, come to blows'): from Old French coper, colper, from cop, colp 'a blow', via Latin from Greek kolaphos 'blow with the fist'