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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.

Definition 2024


copulation

copulation

English

Noun

copulation (countable and uncountable, plural copulations)

  1. (countable) The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.
  2. (uncountable) Sexual procreation between a man and a woman or transfer of the sperm from male to female; usually applied to the mating process in nonhuman animals; coitus; coition.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:sexual intercourse

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