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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Stipulate \Stip"u*late\, adjective (Bot.) Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Stipulate \Stip"u*late\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Stipulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stipulating}.] [L. stipulatus, p. p. of stipulari to stipulate, fr. OL. stipulus firm, fast; probably akin to L. stipes a post. Cf. {Stiff}.] To make an agreement or covenant with any person or company to do or forbear anything; to bargain; to contract; to settle terms; as, certain princes stipulated to assist each other in resisting the armies of France.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
stipulate
verb
1: specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement; "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments" [syn: {qualify}, {condition}, {specify}]
2: give a guarantee or promise of; "They stipulated to release all the prisoners"
3: make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "stipulate": agree, agree to, assign, attach a condition, bargain, bargain for, call for, compact, condition, contend for, contract, covenant, demand, denominate, designate, detail, determine, do a deal, engage, fight for, fix, guarantee, have a catch, have a joker, indicate, insist on, insist upon, make a deal, make conditional, make contingent, make reservations, mark, mention, name, particularize, pick out, pin down, point out, promise, provide, provide for, qualify, require, select, set, set conditions, set forth, set terms, signify, specialize, specifically provide, specify, state, stickle for, stipulate for, strive for, struggle for, undertake, vie for, warrant
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