Stipulate Definition

stĭpyə-lāt
stipulated, stipulates, stipulating
verb
stipulated, stipulates, stipulating
To specify in the terms of an agreement, a contract, etc.
Webster's New World
To agree to (a fact) in order to reduce the scope of the dispute to be resolved by a court. Used of litigants.
American Heritage
To make a specific demand (for something) as a condition of or requirement in an agreement.
Webster's New World
To form an agreement.
American Heritage
To stipulate is to specify, demand or require something.
An example of stipulate is when you demand a certain quality of material in a contract.
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adjective
Having stipules.
Webster's New World

(botany) Having stipules; that is, having outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.

Wiktionary

Origin of Stipulate

  • From Latin stipulātus, perfect active participle of stipulor (“I demand a guarantee").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin stipulārī stipulāt- to bargain

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • stipule +"Ž -ate

    From Wiktionary

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