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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

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

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(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

Moby Thesaurus

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