"copulate" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkɒp.jʊ.lət/ [UK], /ˈkɔ.pjə.lət/ [US] Audio: En-us-copulate-adj.oga
Etymology: From Latin cōpulātus, the perfect passive participle of cōpulō (“to couple, join, connect”). See -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|cōpulātus}} Latin cōpulātus, {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|passive}} passive, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{af|en|-ate|id1=adjective|pos1=adjective-forming suffix}} -ate (adjective-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} copulate (not comparable)
  1. (obsolete) Joined; associated; coupled. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-copulate-en-adj-x0MZtbPf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English terms suffixed with -ate (adjective) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 16 36 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 57 13 30 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (adjective): 44 22 35
  2. (grammar) Joining subject and predicate; copulative. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-copulate-en-adj-8lQ-qSls Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈkɒp.jʊ.leɪt/ [UK], /ˈkɔ.pjə.leɪt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-copulate.wav , En-us-copulate.oga Forms: copulates [present, singular, third-person], copulating [participle, present], copulated [participle, past], copulated [past]
Rhymes: -ɒpjəleɪt, -ɒpjʊleɪt, -ɔpjəleɪt Etymology: From Latin cōpulātus, perfect passive participle of cōpulō (“to couple, join, connect”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French copuler. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|cōpulātus}} Latin cōpulātus, {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|passive}} passive, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{cog|fr|copuler}} French copuler Head templates: {{en-verb}} copulate (third-person singular simple present copulates, present participle copulating, simple past and past participle copulated)
  1. (somewhat formal) To engage in sexual intercourse. Tags: formal Hypernyms: act sexually Derived forms: copulater, copulatingly, pseudocopulate, recopulate, retrocopulate Translations (to engage in sexual intercourse): μίγνυμαι (mígnumai) (Ancient Greek), σύνειμι (súneimi) (Ancient Greek), جَامَعَ (jāmaʕa) (Arabic), ضَاجَعَ (ḍājaʕa) (Arabic), مَارَسَ الْجِنْس (mārasa l-jins) (Arabic), զուգավորել (zugavorel) (Armenian), съвокуплявам се (sǎvokupljavam se) (Bulgarian), copular (Catalan), iyot [vulgar] (Cebuano), ⲛⲟⲩϩⲃ (nouhb) (Coptic), souložit [imperfective] (Czech), kopulere (Danish), seksumi (Esperanto), amori (Esperanto), paarituma (Estonian), rakastella (english: chiefly humans) (Finnish), paritella (english: chiefly animals) (Finnish), coïter (French), კოპულირებს (ḳoṗulirebs) (Georgian), წყვილდება (c̣q̇vildeba) (note: of animals) (Georgian), ჯვარდება (ǯvardeba) (note: of animals) (Georgian), kopulieren (German), beischlafen (German), vögeln (German), ai (Hawaiian), मैथुन (maithun) [masculine] (Hindi), संभोग (sambhog) [masculine] (Hindi), सहवास (sahvās) [masculine] (Hindi), चुदाई (cudāī) [feminine, informal, slang] (Hindi), közösül (Hungarian), párosodik (Hungarian), párzik (Hungarian), üzekedik (Hungarian), koitar (Ido), iyot [vulgar] (Ilocano), koinia (english: chiefly humans) (Ingrian), hässiä (english: chiefly animals) (Ingrian), 性交する (seikō-suru) (Japanese), tĕ (Jarai), karat [vulgar] (Kapampangan), kuth (Karok), ihravrikûunish (Karok), қосылдыру (qosyldyru) (Kazakh), coeō (Latin), berasmara (Malay), senggama (Malay), jimak (Malay), amput (Malay), ai (Maori), mahimahi (Maori), onioni (Maori), tauonioni (Maori), tōkai (Maori), hika (Maori), meir (Nauruan), चिक्नु (ciknu) (Nepali), perîn (Northern Kurdish), gunhêlî kirin (Northern Kurdish), cot bûn (Northern Kurdish), gan (Northern Kurdish), hǣman (Old English), جفت گرفتن (joft gereftan) (Persian), مرزیدن (morzidan) (Persian), spółkować (Polish), kopulować (Polish), copular (Portuguese), împerechea (Romanian), совокупля́ться (sovokupljátʹsja) [imperfective, intransitive] (Russian), совокупи́ться (sovokupítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), сноша́ться (snošátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), спа́риваться (spárivatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), спа́риться (spáritʹsja) (note: of animals) [perfective] (Russian), यभति (yabhati) (Sanskrit), cliath (english: birds) (Scottish Gaelic), copular (Spanish), kasta (Tagalog), kantot [vulgar] (Tagalog), talik (Tagalog), зляга́тися (zljahátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), злягти́ся (zljahtýsja) [perfective] (Ukrainian), koitön (Volapük)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "word": "mate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
            "euphemistic"
          ],
          "word": "share a bed"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "strain"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "Informal and slang terms"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "bauf"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
            "UK"
          ],
          "word": "beat"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "bone"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "boink"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "bonk"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "bop"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "bounce"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "breed"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "bump nasties"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "bump uglies"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "catch a dick"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
            "euphemistic"
          ],
          "word": "dance"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
            "UK",
            "euphemistic",
            "humorous"
          ],
          "word": "discuss Uganda"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
            "euphemistic"
          ],
          "word": "dip one's pen in someone's inkwell"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
            "euphemistic"
          ],
          "word": "do it"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
            "euphemistic"
          ],
          "word": "do the deed"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
            "euphemistic"
          ],
          "word": "do the nasty"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
            "euphemistic"
          ],
          "word": "eff"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "engender"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
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            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "expletive deleted"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
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            "euphemistic"
          ],
          "word": "feck"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
            "euphemistic"
          ],
          "word": "frack"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
            "euphemistic"
          ],
          "word": "frak"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "frick"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
            "euphemistic"
          ],
          "word": "frig"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "get busy"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "get down"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "get freaky"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
            "euphemistic"
          ],
          "word": "get it"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "get it on"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "get jiggy"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "get laid"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "get lucky"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "get one's dick wet"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "get one's end away"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "get one's freak on"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "get one's groove on"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "get one's leg over"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "get one's oats"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "get physical"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
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            "euphemistic"
          ],
          "word": "get some"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
            "UK",
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          ],
          "word": "get the dirty water off one's chest"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
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            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "graft the forked tree"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
            "euphemistic"
          ],
          "word": "go all the way"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "haul one's ashes"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "have it away"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "have it off"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "hide the salami"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
            "euphemistic"
          ],
          "word": "hide the sausage"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "hook up"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "hump"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "jig-jig"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "knock boots"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "lay pipe"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "lay the pipe"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "make it"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "make out"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "make the beast with two backs"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "make whoopee"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "meddle"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ming"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
            "euphemistic"
          ],
          "word": "Netflix and chill"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "penetrate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "pipe down"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "play"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "play hide the sausage"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "rail"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "ride"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
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            "dated",
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          "word": "rock and roll"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "roger"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "roll around"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "root"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
            "euphemistic"
          ],
          "word": "see someone's etchings"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "sex"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "shag"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "shelve"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
            "euphemistic"
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          "word": "show someone one's etchings"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "slap bellies"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "stick"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
          "word": "tumble"
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "jāmaʕa",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "جَامَعَ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḍājaʕa",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "ضَاجَعَ"
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        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "mārasa l-jins",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "مَارَسَ الْجِنْس"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "zugavorel",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "զուգավորել"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sǎvokupljavam se",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "съвокуплявам се"
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        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "copular"
        },
        {
          "code": "ceb",
          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "iyot"
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        {
          "code": "cop",
          "lang": "Coptic",
          "roman": "nouhb",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "ⲛⲟⲩϩⲃ"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "souložit"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "kopulere"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "seksumi"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "amori"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "paarituma"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "chiefly humans",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "rakastella"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "chiefly animals",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "paritella"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "coïter"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ḳoṗulirebs",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "კოპულირებს"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "note": "of animals",
          "roman": "c̣q̇vildeba",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "წყვილდება"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "note": "of animals",
          "roman": "ǯvardeba",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "ჯვარდება"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "kopulieren"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "beischlafen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "vögeln"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "mígnumai",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "μίγνυμαι"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "súneimi",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "σύνειμι"
        },
        {
          "code": "haw",
          "lang": "Hawaiian",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "ai"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "maithun",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "मैथुन"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "sambhog",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "संभोग"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "sahvās",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "सहवास"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "cudāī",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "informal",
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "चुदाई"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "közösül"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "párosodik"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "párzik"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "üzekedik"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "koitar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ilo",
          "lang": "Ilocano",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "iyot"
        },
        {
          "code": "izh",
          "english": "chiefly humans",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "koinia"
        },
        {
          "code": "izh",
          "english": "chiefly animals",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "hässiä"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "seikō-suru",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "性交する"
        },
        {
          "code": "jra",
          "lang": "Jarai",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "tĕ"
        },
        {
          "code": "pam",
          "lang": "Kapampangan",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "karat"
        },
        {
          "code": "kyh",
          "lang": "Karok",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "kuth"
        },
        {
          "code": "kyh",
          "lang": "Karok",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "ihravrikûunish"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "qosyldyru",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "қосылдыру"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "perîn"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "gunhêlî kirin"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "cot bûn"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "gan"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "coeō"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "berasmara"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "senggama"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "jimak"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "amput"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "ai"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "mahimahi"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "onioni"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "tauonioni"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "tōkai"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "hika"
        },
        {
          "code": "na",
          "lang": "Nauruan",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "meir"
        },
        {
          "code": "ne",
          "lang": "Nepali",
          "roman": "ciknu",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "चिक्नु"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "hǣman"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "joft gereftan",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "جفت گرفتن"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "morzidan",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "مرزیدن"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "spółkować"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "kopulować"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "copular"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "word": "împerechea"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sovokupljátʹsja",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "intransitive"
          ],
          "word": "совокупля́ться"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sovokupítʹsja",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "совокупи́ться"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "snošátʹsja",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "сноша́ться"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "spárivatʹsja",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "спа́риваться"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "of animals",
          "roman": "spáritʹsja",
          "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ],
      "word": "frig"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "get busy"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "get down"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "get freaky"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ],
      "word": "get it"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "get it on"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "get jiggy"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "get laid"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "get lucky"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "get one's dick wet"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "get one's end away"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "get one's freak on"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "get one's groove on"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "get one's leg over"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "get one's oats"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "get physical"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "euphemistic"
      ],
      "word": "get some"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "get the dirty water off one's chest"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "graft the forked tree"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ],
      "word": "go all the way"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ],
      "word": "haul one's ashes"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "have it away"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "have it off"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ],
      "word": "hide the salami"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ],
      "word": "hide the sausage"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "hook up"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "hump"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "jig-jig"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "knock boots"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "lay pipe"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "lay the pipe"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "make it"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "make out"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "make the beast with two backs"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "make whoopee"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "meddle"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "ming"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ],
      "word": "Netflix and chill"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "penetrate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "pipe down"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "play"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "play hide the sausage"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "rail"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "ride"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "dated",
        "euphemistic"
      ],
      "word": "rock and roll"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "roger"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "roll around"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "root"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ],
      "word": "see someone's etchings"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "word": "sex"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "shag"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "tags": [
        "Wales"
      ],
      "word": "shelve"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ],
      "word": "show someone one's etchings"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "slap bellies"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "word": "stick"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:copulate",
      "word": "tumble"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jāmaʕa",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "جَامَعَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḍājaʕa",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "ضَاجَعَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mārasa l-jins",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "مَارَسَ الْجِنْس"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "zugavorel",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "զուգավորել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎvokupljavam se",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "съвокуплявам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "copular"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "iyot"
    },
    {
      "code": "cop",
      "lang": "Coptic",
      "roman": "nouhb",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "ⲛⲟⲩϩⲃ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "souložit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "kopulere"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "seksumi"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "amori"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "paarituma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "chiefly humans",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "rakastella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "chiefly animals",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "paritella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "coïter"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳoṗulirebs",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "კოპულირებს"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "note": "of animals",
      "roman": "c̣q̇vildeba",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "წყვილდება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "note": "of animals",
      "roman": "ǯvardeba",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "ჯვარდება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "kopulieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "beischlafen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "vögeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "mígnumai",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "μίγνυμαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "súneimi",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "σύνειμι"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "ai"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "maithun",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "मैथुन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sambhog",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "संभोग"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sahvās",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "सहवास"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "cudāī",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "informal",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "चुदाई"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "közösül"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "párosodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "párzik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "üzekedik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "közösül"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "koitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ilo",
      "lang": "Ilocano",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "iyot"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "english": "chiefly humans",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "koinia"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "english": "chiefly animals",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "hässiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "seikō-suru",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "性交する"
    },
    {
      "code": "jra",
      "lang": "Jarai",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "tĕ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "karat"
    },
    {
      "code": "kyh",
      "lang": "Karok",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "kuth"
    },
    {
      "code": "kyh",
      "lang": "Karok",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "ihravrikûunish"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qosyldyru",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "қосылдыру"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "perîn"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "gunhêlî kirin"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "cot bûn"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "gan"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "coeō"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "berasmara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "senggama"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "jimak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "amput"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "ai"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "mahimahi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "onioni"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "tauonioni"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "tōkai"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "hika"
    },
    {
      "code": "na",
      "lang": "Nauruan",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "meir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "ciknu",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "चिक्नु"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "hǣman"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "joft gereftan",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "جفت گرفتن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "morzidan",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "مرزیدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "spółkować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "kopulować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "copular"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "împerechea"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sovokupljátʹsja",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "word": "совокупля́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sovokupítʹsja",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "совокупи́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "snošátʹsja",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сноша́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spárivatʹsja",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "спа́риваться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spárivatʹsja",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "спа́риваться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "of animals",
      "roman": "spáritʹsja",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "спа́риться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "yabhati",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "यभति"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "english": "birds",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "cliath"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "copular"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "kasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "kantot"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "talik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zljahátysja",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "зляга́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zljahtýsja",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "злягти́ся"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "to engage in sexual intercourse",
      "word": "koitön"
    }
  ],
  "word": "copulate"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English heteronyms",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms suffixed with -ate (adjective)",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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      "name": "bor"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Custom and Education”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:",
          "text": "the force of custome copulate, and conioyn'd",
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        }
      ],
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        "Joined; associated; coupled."
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        "(obsolete) Joined; associated; coupled."
      ],
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        "not-comparable",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
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          "ref": "1870, Francis March, A Comparative Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Language:",
          "text": "Copulate words may be really a simple subject, 1, a repetition of the same notion, often a climax",
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        }
      ],
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        "Joining subject and predicate; copulative."
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          "subject"
        ],
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          "predicate",
          "predicate"
        ],
        [
          "copulative",
          "copulative"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) Joining subject and predicate; copulative."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɒp.jʊ.lət/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɔ.pjə.lət/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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  ],
  "word": "copulate"
}

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  "section": "English",
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