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cop⋅u⋅late

  [v. kop-yuh-leyt; adj. kop-yuh-lit] verb, -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing, adjective
–verb (used without object)
1. to engage in sexual intercourse.
–adjective
2. connected; joined.
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Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L cōpulātus bound together. See copula, -ate 1

Related forms:
cop⋅u⋅la⋅to⋅ry  [kop-yuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
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cop·u·late   (kŏp'yə-lāt')   
intr.v.   cop·u·lat·ed, cop·u·lat·ing, cop·u·lates
To engage in coitus or sexual intercourse.
adj.   (-lĭt)
Coupled; joined.

[Latin cōpulāre, cōpulāt-, to join together, from cōpula, link.]
cop'u·la'tion n., cop'u·la·to'ry (-lə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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Word Origin & History

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].
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: cop·u·late
Pronunciation: 'käp-y&-"lAt
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: -lat·ed;-lat·ing
1 : to engage in sexual intercourse
2 of gametes : to fuse permanently —compare CONJUGATE 1 —cop·u·la·tion /"käp-y&-'lA-sh&n/ noun —cop·u·la·to·ry /'käp-y&-l&-"tOr-E, -"tor-/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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copulate cop·u·late (kŏp'yə-lāt')
v. cop·u·lat·ed, cop·u·lat·ing, cop·u·lates
To engage in coitus or sexual intercourse.

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