astipulate
English
Etymology 1
From Latin astipulari, from ad + stipulari (“to stipulate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈstɪpjʊleɪt/
Verb
astipulate (third-person singular simple present astipulates, present participle astipulating, simple past and past participle astipulated)
- (obsolete) To assent.
- 1651 (indicated as 1652), Joseph Hall, “The Invisible World Discovered to Spiritual Eyes, and Reduced to Useful Meditation. […]”, in Josiah Pratt, editor, The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D.D. […], volume VI (Devotional Works), London: […] C[harles] Whittingham, […]; for Williams and Smith, […], published 1808, →OCLC:
- all but an hateful Epicurus have astipulated to this truth
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɪˈstɪpjʊlət/
Adjective
astipulate (not comparable)
- (botany) Lacking stipules; with no outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.
- Synonym: exstipulate
Latin
Participle
astipulāte
- vocative masculine singular of astipulātus