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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COITION, n. A coming together; chiefly the venereal intercourse of the sexes; copulation.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur [syn: sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual relation, relation, carnal knowledge]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Late Latin, from Latin coition-, coitio a coming together, from coire to come together, from co- + ire to go — more at issue Date: 1615 coitus • coitional adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Med. = COITUS. Etymology: L coitio f. coire coit- go together

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Coition Co*i"tion, n. [L. coitio, fr. coire to come together; co- + ire to go.] A coming together; sexual intercourse; copulation. --Grew.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Copulation, sexual conjunction, sexual congress, sexual intercourse.