astipulate

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/əˈstɪpjʊleɪt//eɪˈstɪpjʊlət/

verb

To assent.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

astipulate1

verbastipulate (third-person singular simple present astipulates, present participle astipulating, simple past and past participle astipulated)

present singular third person astipulates · participle present astipulating · participle past astipulated · past astipulated

  1. obsoleteTo assent.

    all but an hateful Epicurus have astipulated to this truth

    1651 (indicated as 1652), Joseph Hall, “The Invisible World Discovered to Spiritual Eyes, and Reduced to Useful Meditation. […]”, in Josiah Pratt, editor, The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D.D. […], volume VI (Devotional Works), London: […] C[harles] Whittingham, […]; for Williams and Smith, […], published 1808, →OCLC

    Synonyms: affirm, assent, soothe, stipulate

astipulate2

adjectiveastipulate (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyLacking stipules; with no outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.

    Synonyms: exstipulate

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo assent.

adjectiveLacking stipules; with no outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.

Also see

Origin

astipulate · verb

  1. Latinastipulari
  2. Englishastipulate

From Latin astipulari, from ad- + stipulari (“to stipulate”).

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astipulate · adjective

From a- + stipulate.

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