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Webster 1913 Edition

Stipulate

Stip′u-late

,
Adj.
(Bot.)
Furnished with stipules;
as, a
stipulate
leaf
.

Stip′u-late

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Stipulated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Stipulating
.]
[L.
stipulatus
, p. p. of
stipulari
to stipulate, fr. OL.
stipulus
firm, fast; probably akin to L.
stipes
a post. Cf.
Stiff
.]
To make an agreement or covenant with any person or company to do or forbear anything; to bargain; to contract; to settle terms;
as, certain princes
stipulated
to assist each other in resisting the armies of France
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Stipulate

STIPULATE

,
Verb.
I.
[L., to crowd; whence the sense of agreement, binding, making fast.]
1.
To make an agreement or covenant with any person or company to do or forbear any thing; to contract; to settle terms; as, certain princes stipulated to assist each other in resisting the armies of France. Great Britain and the United States stipulate to oppose and restrain the African slave trade. A has stipulated to build a bridge within a given time. B has stipulated not to annoy or interdict our trade.
2.
To bargain. A has stipulated to deliver me his horse for fifty guineas.

STIPULATE

,
Adj.
[from stipual.] Having stipules on it; as a stipulate stalk.

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