cope1

 
Pronunciation: /kəʊp/

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

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'