▪ I. stipulate, a. Bot.
(ˈstɪpjʊlət)
[ad. mod.L. stipulāt-us, f. stipula: see -ate2.]
(See quot. 1900.)
| 1776 J. Lee Introd. Bot. Explan. Terms (ed. 3) 380 Stipulatus, stipulate, having stipula. 1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 26 Alternate stipulate leaves. 1870 Hooker Stud. Flora 326 Euphorbiaceæ..Leaves usually alternate, simple, often stipulate. 1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms, Stipulate (1) having stipules, or conspicuously provided with them; (2) with scales which are degenerate stipules. |
Hence † ˈstipulated a. = stipuled a.
| 1829 T. Castle Introd. Bot. 51 Stipulated—when they are furnished with stipules at the axilla of each leaf. |
▪ II. stipulate, v.
(ˈstɪpjuːleɪt)
Pa. tense and pple. stipulated; 8 Sc. pa. pple. stipulate.
[f. L. stipulāt-, ppl. stem of stipulārī (deponent, with pa. pple. also in passive sense). Of doubtful origin; according to Paulus (c 200 a.d.), f. an Old Latin stipul-us firm. Cf. F. stipuler, Sp. estipular, It. stipulare.
The alleged L. stipulus adj., if genuine, is prob. f. the root *stī̆p- to be firm; cf. stīpes log, trunk (see stipes), stīpāre to pack tightly; also stiff a.]
1. intr. a. Roman Law. To make an oral contract in the verbal form (of question and answer) necessary to give it legal validity. Said spec. of the party who asks the question.
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Stipulate, to require and demand a thing to be given him, or done for him with ordinary words of the Law, to require by, or make a covenant, to promise effectually what he is required to do. 1728 Chambers Cycl. s.v. Stipulation, By the ancient Roman Law, no Body could Stipulate, but for himself; but as the Tabelliones were publick Servants, they were allowed to Stipulate for their Masters. 1880 Muirhead Gaius iii. 105 That mutes can neither stipulate nor promise is quite plain. |
† b. gen. To contract, make a bargain, settle terms, covenant (with a person or persons). Obs.
| a 1624 Ld. Herbert Autobiog. (1886) 192 Henry the Fourth and the King my master had stipulated with each other, that whensoever anyone of them died, the survivor should take care of the other's child. a 1677 Barrow Serm. xxxii. Wks. 1687 I. 467 Could he present a sacrifice, or disburse a satisfaction to his own justice? Could God alone contract and stipulate with God in our behalf? 1785 Paley Mor. Philos. vi. iii. 419 In all stipulations,..the parties stipulating must both possess the liberty of assent and refusal, and also be conscious of this liberty. |
2. trans. Of an agreement, or of both contracting parties: To specify (something) as an essential part of the contract.
| c 1645 Howell Lett. i. iii. xx. (1650) 66 He desir'd a valuable caution for the performance of those Articles which were stipulated in their favor. 1711 Swift Cond. Allies 53 When Portugal came, as a Confederate into the Grand Alliance, it was stipulated, That [etc.]. 1727 ― Poisoning E. Curll Misc. (1732) 25 You shall have your third Share of the Court Poems, as was stipulated. 1751 Johnson Rambler No. 103 ¶14 He knows..the jointure stipulated by every contract. 1755 in Nairne Peerage Evid. (1874) 37 Before the term of payment of his patrimony became due as stipulate by the s{supd} bond. 1788 Gibbon Decl. & F. l. V. 199 The marriage-contract..stipulates a dowry of twelve ounces of gold and twenty camels. 1791 Boswell Johnson an. 1747 (1904) I. 125 The booksellers who contracted with Johnson..were Mr. Robert Dodsley, [etc.]... The price stipulated was fifteen hundred and seventy-five pounds. 1819 J. Marshall Const. Opin. (1839) 156 The time of payment stipulated in the contract was extended by law. 1847 Mrs. A. Kerr tr. Ranke's Hist. Servia 260 A secret article of that treaty stipulated that Turkey should be invited to join in the alliance against Russia. 1855 Carlyle Prinzenraub Misc. 1857 IV. 355 So he..made the Treaty of Passau with him..by which..many liberties were stipulated for the Protestants. 1909 Firth Last Years Protectorate I. vii. 202 He was not provided with the 2000 cavalry stipulated in the treaty. |
3. Of one of the parties to an agreement, or a person making an offer: To require or insist upon (something) as an essential condition. Now only with clause or inf. as obj.
| 1685 Crowne Sir C. Nice v. 54 Did not I stipulate upon the surrendry of my self to this House, to be kept from Women? a 1700 Evelyn Diary 29 Aug. 1678, The D. of Norfolk..sent to me to take charge of the bookes and remove them, onely stipulating that I would suffer..Sir William Dugdale, to have such of them as concern'd Herauldry. 1712 Swift Rem. Barrier Treaty 6 To undertake for a great deal more, without stipulating the least Advantage for Her self. 1781 Gibbon Decl. & F. xxv. (1787) II. 525 They stipulated only a safe and honourable retreat: and the condition was readily granted by the Roman general. 1781 Cowper Hope 334 The deed, by which his love confirms The largess he bestows, prescribes the terms... He stipulates, indeed, but merely this—That man [etc.]. 1821 Scott Kenilw. xxiii, I did but stipulate he would remove his hateful presence, and I drank whatever he offered. 1827 ― Surg. Dau. iv, All I stipulate, is to know the day. 1857 H. Miller Test. Rocks vi. 231 Cromwell, in commissioning a friend to send him a helmet, shrewdly stipulated that it should be a ‘fluted pot.’ 1862 Hook Lives of Abps. II. ii. 95 He had stipulated..that they should erect and endow two abbeys and four hospitals. 1886 H. D. Traill Shaftesbury i. 4 Old Sir Anthony Ashley..had stipulated with Sir John Cooper that the name of Ashley should go with the estates. |
4. intr. To make an express demand for something as a condition of agreement.
| 1790 Dallas' Rep. I. 105 What do treaties stipulate for to guard against violence on the seas? 1794 Mrs. Radcliffe Myst. Udolpho xxxiii, Her prudence..had saved her from mentioning the name of Valancourt to Montoni,..and of stipulating for his release. 1796 Jane Austen Sense & Sens. ii, He did not stipulate for any particular sum, my dear Fanny; he only requested me, in general terms, to assist them. 1832 H. Martineau Homes Abr. iv, His wife was to be a domestic servant in the same farm where he was shepherd; and even little Susan was carefully stipulated for. 1844 H. H. Wilson Brit. India ii. v. II. 209 That officer was directed..to enter into a preliminary engagement with the Nawab, which should stipulate at present for nothing more than military service. 1860 Tyndall Glac. i. xvi. 113, I had stipulated for ten minutes' sleep on reaching the summit. 1913 R. Lucas Ld. North I. ii. 35 Pitt stipulated for condemnation of the Stamp Act and general warrants. |
5. trans. To promise, give surety for, guarantee. Now only (somewhat rare) with clause or inf. as obj.
| 1737 Waterland Eucharist Introd. 22 All which is solemnly entred into for the present, and stipulated for the future, by every sincere and devout Communicant. 1759 Hume Hist. Eng. Tudors, Hen. VIII, i. 80 He required, that John should stipulate a neutrality in the present war. 1771 Goldsm. Hist. Eng. I. 286 He required the prisoner to be delivered up to him, and stipulated a large sum of money to the duke as a reward for this service. 1796 Morse Amer. Geog. I. 150 Ceded to the French, who stipulated to erect no fortifications on these islands. 1839 Thirlwall Greece xvii. III. 41 To recover the Athenian prisoners,..the Athenians stipulated to withdraw all their troops from Bœotia. 1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Property Law v. 28 You should not sign a contract for the purchase of the estate until your solicitor has seen and read the leases, unless the vendor will stipulate in writing that they contain such covenants only as are justified by the custom of the country. |
† b. absol. To become surety or bail (for another). Obs.
| 1692 Wood Life 18 Nov. (O.H.S.) III. 407, I appeared [in the vice-chancellor's court]—where Benjamin Wood stipulated for me in 40 li. 1829 Scott Anne of G. xvi, ‘Insolent hind!’ replied the Knight, ‘dost thou stipulate? thou offer thy paltry word as a pledge betwixt the Duke of Burgundy and Archibald de Hagenbach?’ |
Hence ˈstipulating ppl. a., stipulatory.
| 1737 Waterland Eucharist iv. 104 The Covenant-Charter, was given soon after the Fall, to Mankind in general, and has been carried on thro' successive Generations, by new stipulating-Acts in every Age. |