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Variant of copulate

copulate Definition

copu·late (käp′yo̵̅o̅ lāt′, -yə-)

intransitive verb copulated -·lat′ed, copulating -·lat′·ing

to have sexual intercourse

Etymology: ME copulaten < L copulatus, pp. of copulare, to unite, couple < copula: see copula

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copulation Synonyms

copulation

n.

coitus, intercourse, sexual intercourse, sex, sex act, sexual union, sexual congress, coupling, mating, coition, carnal knowledge, act of love, lovemaking, relations, sexual relations, fornication, venereal act, nooky*; see also fornication, sex 4.

copulation Quotes

Birth, and copulation, and death. That's all the facts when you come to brass tacks: Birth, and copulation, and death. I've been born, and once is enough.

—Eliot,T(homas) S(tearns)

Wit, you know, is the unexpected copulation of ideas, the discoveryof some occult relation between imagesin appearance remote from each other.

—Johnson, Samuel known as Dr Johnson

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