coped

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of cope.

   The team coped with the sudden loss of its funding.

   He had coped with far worse setbacks earlier in his career.

   Note

   One regular spelling serves both the past tense and the perfect: she coped, she has coped. Most readers meet it in the sense of managing a difficulty, usually followed by with (coped with the loss). The same spelling also carries cope's craft verbs. A joiner's joint is coped when it is cut and mitered, a wall is coped when it is capped with coping, and a bird is coped when its beak or talons are clipped.

2. 2
   adjective

   Clad in a cope, the ceremonial cloak worn by clergy during certain religious services.

   The coped celebrant led the procession into the cathedral.

   Several coped priests gathered for the solemn evening blessing.

   Similarrobed, vested, cloaked

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