Part 2413

<hw>Cop"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>copulatus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>copulare</ets> to couple, fr. <ets>copula</ets>. See <er>Copula</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Joined; associated; coupled.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>Joining subject and predicate; copulative.</def>

<i>F. A. March.</i>

<h1>Copulate</h1> <Xpage=319>

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

<h1>Copulation</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cop`u*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>copulatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>copulation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.</def>

<blockquote>Wit, you know, is the unexpected <b>copulation</b> of ideas. <i>Johnson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The coming together of male and female in the act of generation; sexual union; coition.</def>

<h1>Copulative</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cop"u*la"tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>copulativus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>copulatif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Serving to couple, unite, or connect; <as>as, a <ex>copulative</ex> conjunction like "and"</as>.</def>

<h1>Copulative</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cop"u*la*tive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Connection.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Rycaut.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>A copulative conjunction.</def>

<h1>Copulatively</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cop"u*la"tive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a copulative manner.</def>

<h1>Coplatry</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cop"*la*try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to copulation; tending or serving to unite; copulative.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Used in sexual union; <as>as, the <ex>copulatory</ex> organs of insects</as>.</def>

<h1>Copy</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cop"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Copies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>copie</ets>, fr. L. <ets>copia</ets> abundance, number, LL. also, a transcript; <ets>co-</ets> + <ets>the root of <ets>opes</ets> riches. See <er>Opulent</er>, and cf. <er>Copious</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An abundance or plenty of anything.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>She was blessed with no more <b>copy</b> of wit, but to serve his humor thus. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work; <as>as, a <ex>copy</ex> of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or a statue</as>.</def>

<blockquote>I have not the vanity to think my <b>copy</b> equal to the original. <i>Denham.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An individual book, or a single set of books containing the works of an author; <as>as, a <ex>copy</ex> of the Bible; a <ex>copy</ex> of the works of Addison.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example; <as>as, his virtues are an excellent <ex>copy</ex> for imitation</as>.</def>