copulate

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

COPULATE, adjective Joined. [Little used.] COPULATE, verb transitive [Latin] To unite; to join in pairs. [Little used.] COPULATE, verb intransitive To unite in sexual embrace; applied to animals in general.
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