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2. To plant and preserve, as a copse. Swift.

Copse"wood (?), n. Brushwood; coppice. Macaulay.

Cops"y (?), a. Characterized by copses. "Copsy villages." "Copsy banks." J. Dyer.

Cop"tic (k&obreve;p"t&ibreve;k), a. [Abbrev. from L. Aegyptius an Egyptian, Gr. &?;, Ar. kibtī, pl. kibt.] Of or pertaining to the Copts. -- n. The language of the Copts.

Copts (k&obreve;pts"), n. pl.; sing. Copt (#). [See Coptic.] (Etnol.) 1. An Egyptian race thought to be descendants of the ancient Egyptians.

2. The principal sect of Christians in Egypt and the valley of the Nile.

&fist; they belong to the Jacobite sect of Monophysite Christians, and for eleven centuries have had possession of the patriarchal chair of Alexandria.

Cop"u*la (?), n. [L., bond, band. See Couple.] 1. (Logic & Gram.) The word which unites the subject and predicate.

2. (Mus.) The stop which connects the manuals, or the manuals with the pedals; -- called also coupler.

Cop"u*late (?), a. [L. copulatus, p. p. of copulare to couple, fr. copula. See Copula.] 1. Joined; associated; coupled. [Obs.] Bacon.

2. (Gram.) Joining subject and predicate; copulative. F. A. March.

Cop"u*late (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Copulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Copulating.] To unite in sexual intercourse; to come together in the act of generation.

Cop`u*la"tion (?), n. [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.

Cop"u*la"tive (?), a. [L. copulativus: cf. F. copulatif.] Serving to couple, unite, or connect; as, a copulative conjunction like "and".

Cop"u*la*tive, n. 1. Connection. [Obs.] Rycaut.

2. (Gram.) A copulative conjunction.

Cop"u*la"tive*ly, adv. In a copulative manner.

Cop"u*la*to*ry (k&obreve;p"&usl;*l&adot;*t&osl;*r&ybreve;), a. 1. Pertaining to copulation; tending or serving to unite; copulative.

2. (Zo÷l.) Used in sexual union; as, the copulatory organs of insects.

Cop"y (k&obreve;p"&ybreve;), n.; pl. Copies (-&ibreve;z). [F. copie, fr. L. copia abundance, number, LL. also, a transcript; co- + the root of opes riches. See Opulent, and cf. Copious.] 1. An abundance or plenty of anything. [Obs.]

She was blessed with no more copy of wit, but to serve his humor thus. B. Jonson.

2. An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work; as, a copy of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or a statue.

I have not the vanity to think my copy equal to the original. Denham.

3. An individual book, or a single set of books containing the works of an author; as, a copy of the Bible; a copy of the works of Addison.

4. That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example; as, his virtues are an excellent copy for imitation.

Let him first learn to write, after a copy, all the letters. Holder.