Copulate COPULATE, a. Joined. [Little used.]
COPULATE, v.t. [L.] To unite; to join in pairs. [Little used.]
COPULATE, v.i. To unite in sexual embrace; applied to animals in general. copulate

copulate v 1: engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring" [syn: copulate, mate, pair, couple] copulate

copulate 14c., from L. copulatus, pp. of copulare "join together, link, unite," from copula "band, tie, link," from PIE *ko-ap-, from *ko(m)- "together" + *ap- "to take, reach." Originally "to join;" copulation in sense of "to join sexually" is first attested 1483: "Made one flesshe by carnal copulacyon or bodily felawshyp" [Caxton]. copulate

copulate intransitive verb (-lated; -lating) Etymology: Latin copulatus, past participle of copulare to join, from copula Date: 1630 to engage in sexual intercourse • copulation noun • copulatory adjective copulate

copulate
v.intr. (often foll. by with) have sexual intercourse.
Derivatives:
copulatory adj.
Etymology: L copulare fasten together (as COPULA) copulate

copulate (copulates, copulating, copulated) If one animal or person copulates with another, they have sex. You can also say that two animals or people copulate. (TECHNICAL) During the time she is paired to a male, the female allows no other males to copulate with her... Whales take twenty-four hours to copulate. V-RECIP: V with n, pl-n V • copulation (copulations) ...acts of copulation. N-VAR copulate

copulate ˈkɔpjuleɪt v.intr. (often foll. by with) have sexual intercourse. øøcopulatory adj. [L copulare fasten together (as COPULA)] copulate

Copulate \Cop"u*late\, a. [L. copulatus, p. p. of copulare to couple, fr. copula. See Copula.] 1. Joined; associated; coupled. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. (Gram.) Joining subject and predicate; copulative. --F. A. March. copulate

Copulate \Cop"u*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Copulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Copulating.] To unite in sexual intercourse; to come together in the act of generation. copulate

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