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cop⋅u⋅la⋅tion

[kop-yuh-ley-shuhn]
–noun
1. sexual intercourse.
2. a joining together or coupling.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME copulacion < L cōpulātiōn- (s. of copulātio) a binding together. See copulate, -ion
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.

Copulation

Cop`u*la"tion\, n. [L. copulatio: cf. F. copulation.]

1. The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.

Wit, you know, is the unexpected copulation of ideas. --Johnson.

2. The coming together of male and female in the act of generation; sexual union; coition.

copulation cop·u·la·tion (kŏp'yə-lā'shən)
n.

  1. Conjugation between two cells that do not fuse but separate after mutual fertilization.
  2. See coitus.

cop'u·late' v.

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