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Webster 1913 Edition


Copulation

Copˊu-la′tion

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Copulation

COPULATION

,
Noun.
[L.] The act of coupling; the embrace of the sexes in the act of generation; coition.