COPE (5)

Cope, v. t. 1. 1. To bargain for; to buy.
2. 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. 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.