stipulate
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stipulate¹
- /ˈstɪpjuˌleɪt/
- /ˈstɪpjəˌleɪt/
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *steyp-der.
Proto-Italic *stips
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Proto-Italic *-elā
Proto-Italic *stipelā
Latin stipula?
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Proto-Italic *stipelā
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Proto-Italic *stipelāō?
Latin stipulātusbor.
English stipulate
From Latin stipulātus, perfect active participle of stipulor (“to demand a formal promise, stipulate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
verb stipulates · stipulating · stipulated
- To require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement. In general, steel springs were stipulated for primary suspension, although rubber was accepted for auxiliary springing; hydraulic dampers were specified and the use of laminated springs ruled out.
- To specify, promise or guarantee something in an agreement. Out of special love and affection they stipulate that the survivor shall remain in full possession and use the entire temporal estate which they leave behind and none of the heirs shall demand an account or proof or balance so that the survivor may manage the estate in the manner he or she thinks be
- To acknowledge the truth of; not to challenge. The defense stipulates that the witness has identified my client.
- To ask for a contractual term. Although another person cannot stipulate for us, yet in our stipulations we can associate with ourselves another person who stipulates for the same performance, and is called an adstipulator.
- To mutually agree. We will stipulate to our receipt of all pertinent discovery documents.
stipulate²
- /ˈstɪpjəlɪt/
Where it comes from
From stipule + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
adjective
- Having stipules; that is, having outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.
