copulate

Etymology

Latin copulare (“to couple”) perfect participle, from stem copulat-.

verb

  1. (somewhat formal) To engage in sexual intercourse.
    The amorous couple were found copulating inside the car.

adj

  1. (obsolete) Joined; associated; coupled.
  2. (grammar) Joining subject and predicate; copulative.
    Copulate words may be really a simple subject, 1, a repetition of the same notion, often a climax 1870, Francis March, A Comparative Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Language

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