astipulate

English

Etymology

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)

  1. (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

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for astipulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Latin

Participle

astipulāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of astipulātus
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