Cope vs. Respond

The cope (known in Latin as pluviale 'rain coat' or cappa 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour.

A respond is a half-pier or half-pillar which is bonded into a wall and designed to carry the springer at one end of an arch.

To contend or strive, especially on even terms or with success

To make a reply; answer

To contend with difficulties and act to overcome them

To act in return or in answer

To cover or dress in a cope.

To react to a stimulus or to a treatment, especially in a favorable way

To provide with coping

To give as a reply; answer.

A long ecclesiastical vestment worn over an alb or surplice.

A pilaster or half-pier engaged to a wall and carrying one end of an arch or groin, often at the end of an arcade.

A covering resembling a cloak or mantle.

To say something in return; to answer; to reply.

A coping.

(intransitive) To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response.

(intransitive) To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult.

(ambitransitive) To correspond with; to suit.

To cut and form a mitred joint in wood or metal.

(transitive) To satisfy; to answer.

(falconry) To clip the beak or talons of a bird.

(intransitive) To be liable for payment.

(transitive) To cover (a joint or structure) with coping.

A response.

(intransitive) To form a cope or arch; to arch or bend; to bow.

A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.

(obsolete) To bargain for; to buy.

(architecture) A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost of an arch.

(obsolete) To exchange or barter.

To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.

(obsolete) To make return for; to requite; to repay.

To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit.

(obsolete) To match oneself against; to meet; to encounter.

To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages.

(obsolete) To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.

To answer; to reply.

To tie or sew up the mouth of a ferret used for hunting rabbits.

To suit or accord with; to correspond to.

To silence or prevent from speaking.

An answer; a response.

(slang) A coping mechanism or self-delusion one clings to in order to endure the hopelessness or despair of existence.

A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter.

A long, loose cloak worn by a priest, deacon, or bishop when presiding over a ceremony other than the Mass.

A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to support an arch.

Any covering such as a canopy or a mantle.

show a response or a reaction to something

(literary) The vault or canopy of the skies, heavens etc.

reply or respond to;

(construction) A covering piece on top of a wall exposed to the weather, usually made of metal, masonry, or stone, and sloped to carry off water.

respond favorably or as hoped;

(foundry) The top part of a sand casting mold.

An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England.

A covering for the head.

Anything regarded as extended over the head, as the arch or concave of the sky, the roof of a house, the arch over a door.

An ecclesiastical vestment or cloak, semicircular in form, reaching from the shoulders nearly to the feet, and open in front except at the top, where it is united by a band or clasp. It is worn in processions and on some other occasions.

An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England.

The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold.

To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow.

To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk).

To exchange or barter.

To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.

To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle; to combat; especially, to strive or contend on equal terms or with success; to match; to equal; - usually followed by with.

To bargain for; to buy.

To make return for; to requite; to repay.

To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter.

brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall

come to terms or deal successfully with;