reˈstipulate, v. Now rare.
[f. ppl. stem of L. restipulārī.]
trans. and intr. To promise or engage in return.
| 1633 T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter ii. 9 If he covenant with us, ‘I will be your God’; we must restipulate, ‘Then will we rest upon thee’. 1683 Case Inf. Bapt. 87 But how can Infants restipulate.., who have not the use of reason? a 1708 Beveridge Priv. Th. i. (1730) 53 What can God stipulate more to us, or we restipulate more to him. 1880 Muirhead Gaius iv. 94 For the same reason the defender does not restipulate. |