Stipulate

4 definitions found

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

  Stipulate \Stip"u*late\, a. (Bot.)
     Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.
     [1913 Webster]

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



  Stipulate \Stip"u*late\, v. i. [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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stipulate
       v 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