Copulate
Cop″u‐late (?), a. [L. copulatus, p. p. of copulare to couple, fr. copula. See Copula.] 1. Joined; associated; coupled. Bacon.2. (Gram.) Joining subject and predicate; copulativ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Copulate (2)
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.
Copulation
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. Th...
Copulative
Cop″u‐la″tive (?), a. [L. copulativus: cf. F. copulatif.] Serving to couple, unite, or connect; as, a copulative conjunction like “and”.
Copulative (2)
Cop″u‐la‐tive, n. 1. Connection. Rycaut.2. (Gram.) A copulative conjunction.
Copulatively
Cop″u‐la″tive‐ly, adv. In a copulative manner.
Copulatory
Cop″u‐la‐to‐ry (kŏp″ū̍‐lȧ‐tō̍‐ry̆), a. 1. Pertaining to copulation; tending or serving to unite; copulative.2. (Zoöl.) Used in sexual union; as, the copulatory organs of insects.
Copy
Cop″y (kŏp″y̆), n.; pl.Copies (–ĭz). [F. copie, fr. L. copia abundance, number, LL. also, a transcript; co- + the root of opes riches. See Opulent, and cf. Copious.] 1. An abund...
Copy (2)
Cop″y (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Copied (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Copying.] [Cf. F. copir, fr. LL. copiare. See Copy, n.] 1. To make a copy or copies of; to write; print, engrave, or pai...
Copy (3)
Cop″y, v. i. 1. To make a copy or copies; to imitate.2. To yield a duplicate or transcript; as, the letter did not copy well.Some... never fail, when they copy, to follow the ba...
Copyer
Cop″y‐er (?), n. See Copier.
Copygraph
Cop″y‐graph (?), n. A contrivance for producing manifold copies of a writing or drawing.☞ The writing or drawing is made with aniline ink on paper, and a reverse copy transfered...
Copyhold
Cop″y‐hold′ (?), n.(Eng. Law) (a) A tenure of estate by copy of court roll; or a tenure for which the tenant has nothing to show, except the rolls made by the steward of the lor...
Copyholder
Cop″y‐hold′er (?), n. 1. (Eng. Law) One possessed of land in copyhold.2. (print.) (a) A device for holding copy for a compositor. (b) One who reads copy to a proof reader.
Copying
Cop″y‐ing, a. & n. From Copy, v.Copying ink. See under Ink. — Copying paper, thin unsized paper used for taking copies of letters, etc., in a copying press. — Copying press, a m...
Copyist
Cop″y‐ist, n. A copier; a transcriber; an imitator; a plagiarist.
Copyright
Cop″y‐right (?), n. The right of an author or his assignee, under statute, to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all other persons. This right may b...
Copyright (2)
Cop″y‐right′, v. t. To secure a copyright on.
Coque
Coque (?), n. A small loop or bow of ribbon used in making hats, boas, etc.
Coquelicot
‖Coque″li‐cot′ (?), n. 1. (Bot.) The wild poppy, or red corn rose.2. The color of the wild poppy; a color nearly red, like orange mixed with scarlet.
Coquet
Co‐quet″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Coquetted; p. pr. & vb. n.Coquetting.] To attempt to attract the notice, admiration, or love of; to treat with a show of tenderness or regard, w...
Coquet (2)
Co‐quet″, v. i. To trifle in love; to stimulate affection or interest; to play the coquette; to deal playfully instead of seriously; to play (with); as, we have coquetted with p...
Coquetry
Co‐quet″ry (?), n.; pl.Coquetries (#). [F. coquetterie.] Attempts to attract admiration, notice, or love, for the mere gratification of vanity; trifling in love. “Little affecta...
Coquette
Co‐quette″ (?), n. [F., fr. coquet, coquette, coquettish, orig., cocklike, strutting like a cock, fr. coq a cock. Cf. Cock, Cocket, Cocky, Cockade.] 1. A vain, trifling woman, w...
Coquettish
Co‐quet″tish (?), a. Practicing or exhibiting coquetry; alluring; enticing.A pretty, coquettish housemaid.W. Irving.
Coquettishly
Co‐quet″tish‐ly, adv. In a coquettish manner.
Coquilla nut
Co‐quil″la nut (?). [Pg. coquilho, Sp. coquillo, dim. of coco a cocoanut.] (Bot.) The fruit of a Brazilian tree (Attalea funifera of Martius.).☞ Its shell is hazel-brown in colo...