Copulation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Copulation \Cop`u*la"tion\, n. [L. copulatio: cf. F.
     copulation.]
     1. The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.
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              Wit, you know, is the unexpected copulation of


              ideas.                                --Johnson.
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     2. The coming together of male and female in the act of
        generation; sexual union; coition.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  copulation
       n : the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the
           man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and
           excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur [syn: {sexual
           intercourse}, {intercourse}, {sex act}, {coitus}, {coition},
            {sexual congress}, {congress}, {sexual relation}, {relation},
            {carnal knowledge}]