v. i. [ L. astipulari; ad + stipulari to stipulate. ] To assent. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. astipulatio. ] Stipulation; agreement. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., bond, band. See Couple. ] 1. (Logic & Gram.) The word which unites the subject and predicate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) The stop which connects the manuals, or the manuals with the pedals; -- called also coupler. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. copulatus, p. p. of copulare to couple, fr. copula. See Copula. ] 1. Joined; associated; coupled. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) Joining subject and predicate; copulative. F. A. March. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Copulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Copulating. ] To unite in sexual intercourse; to come together in the act of generation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. copulatio: cf. F. copulation. ] 1. The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wit, you know, is the unexpected copulation of ideas. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The coming together of male and female in the act of generation; sexual union; coition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Connection. [ Obs. ] Rycaut. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) A copulative conjunction. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. copulativus: cf. F. copulatif. ] Serving to couple, unite, or connect; as, a copulative conjunction like “and”. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a copulative manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Pertaining to copulation; tending or serving to unite; copulative. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Used in sexual union; as, the copulatory organs of insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ L. crapula intoxication. ] Same as Crapulence. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having or bearing cupules; cupuliferous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Depopulation; destruction of population. [ R. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Depopulated p. pr. & vb. n. Depopulating ] [ L. depopulatus, p. p. of depopulari to ravage; de- + populari to ravage, fr. populus people: cf. OF. depopuler, F. dépeupler. See People. ] To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion; to reduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople; to unpeople. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where is this viper,
That would depopulate the city? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is not synonymous with laying waste or destroying, being limited to the loss of inhabitants; as, an army or a famine may depopulate a country. It rarely expresses an entire loss of inhabitants, but often a great diminution of their numbers; as, the deluge depopulated the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become dispeopled. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Whether the country be depopulating or not. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. depopulatio pillaging: cf. F. dépopulation depopulation. ] The act of depopulating, or condition of being depopulated; destruction or explusion of inhabitants. [ 1913 Webster ]

The desolation and depopulation [ of St.Quentin ] were now complete. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., pillager. ] One who depopulates; a dispeopler. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. epularis, fr. epulum a feast: cf. F. épulaire. ] Of or pertaining to a feast or banquet. [ Obs. ] Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. epulatio. ] A feasting or feast; banquet. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. ex- + stipulate. ] (Bot.) Having no stipules. Martyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Infra + scapular. ] (Anat.) Beneath the scapula, or shoulder blade; subscapular. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Exstipulate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Anat.) Between the scapulæ or shoulder blades. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Pertaining to the upper back, or the part between the shoulders; as, the interscapular feathers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. (Zool.) The interscapular feathers of a bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. manipularis: cf. F. manipulaire. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the maniple, or company. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Manipulatory; as, manipular operations. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Manipulated p. pr. & vb. n. Manipulating ] [ LL. manipulatus, p. p. of manipulare to lead by the hand, fr. L. manipulus. See Maniple. ] 1. To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate scientific apparatus. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To control the action of, by management; as, to manipulate a convention of delegates; also, to manage artfully or fraudulently; as, to manipulate accounts, or election returns; to manipulate the stock market. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To use the hands in dexterous operations; to do hand work; specifically, to manage the apparatus or instruments used in scientific work, or in artistic or mechanical processes; also, specifically, to use the hand in mesmeric operations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. manipulation. ] 1. The act or process of manipulating, or the state of being manipulated; the act of handling work by hand; use of the hands, in an artistic or skillful manner, in science or art. [ 1913 Webster ]

Manipulation is to the chemist like the external senses to the mind. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The use of the hands in mesmeric operations. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Artful management; as, the manipulation of political bodies; sometimes, a management or treatment for purposes of deception or fraud. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to manipulation; performed by manipulation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Prone to attempt to influence others by devious or subtle psychological means, in order to induce them to do what one wants. [ PJC ]

n. (Education) Any object given to children to encourage them to learn by manipulating physical objects; applied especially to solid objects of varying geometrical shape that can be fit together to form larger aggregates. [ PJC ]

n. One who manipulates, sometimes in an underhanded or fraudulent manner; as, a stock market manipulator. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. Of or pertaining to manipulation. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Meso- + scapula. ] (Anat.) A process from the middle of the scapula in some animals; the spine of the scapula. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the mesoscapula. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Papulæ [ L. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Med.) A pimple; a small, usually conical, elevation of the cuticle, produced by congestion, accumulated secretion, or hypertrophy of tissue; a papule. Quain. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) One of the numerous small hollow processes of the integument between the plates of starfishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Covered with papules. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Consisting of papules; characterized by the presence of papules; as, a papular eruption. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. populace, fr. It. popolaccio, popolazzo, fr. popolo people, L. populus. See People. ] The common people; the vulgar; the multitude, -- comprehending all persons not distinguished by rank, office, education, or profession. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

To . . . calm the peers and please the populace. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

They . . . call us Britain's barbarous populaces. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Mob; people; commonalty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Populace. [ Obs. ] Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. popularis, fr. populus people: cf. F. populaire. See People. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the common people, or to the whole body of the people, as distinguished from a select portion; as, the popular voice; popular elections. “Popular states.” Bacon. “So the popular vote inclines.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The men commonly held in popular estimation are greatest at a distance. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain. [ 1913 Webster ]

Homilies are plain popular instructions. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Adapted to the means of the common people; possessed or obtainable by the many; hence, cheap; common; ordinary; inferior; as, popular prices; popular amusements. [ 1913 Webster ]

The smallest figs, called popular figs, . . . are, of all others, the basest and of least account. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Beloved or approved by the people; pleasing to people in general, or to many people; as, a popular preacher; a popular law; a popular administration. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Devoted to the common people; studious of the favor of the populace. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Such popular humanity is treason. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Prevailing among the people; epidemic; as, a popular disease. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Popular action (Law), an action in which any person may sue for penalty imposed by statute. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L. ] The people or the people's party, in ancient Rome, as opposed to the optimates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Popularities [ L. popularitas an effort to please the people: cf. F. popularité. ] 1. The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being esteemed by, or of being in favor with, the people at large; good will or favor proceeding from the people; as, the popularity of a law, statesman, or a book. [ 1913 Webster ]

A popularity which has lasted down to our time. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality or state of being adapted or pleasing to common, poor, or vulgar people; hence, cheapness; inferiority; vulgarity. [ 1913 Webster ]

This gallant laboring to avoid popularity falls into a habit of affectation. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Something which obtains, or is intended to obtain, the favor of the vulgar; claptrap. [ 1913 Webster ]

Popularities, and circumstances which . . . sway the ordinary judgment. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The act of courting the favor of the people. [ Obs. ] “Indicted . . . for popularity and ambition.” Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Public sentiment; general passion. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A little time be allowed for the madness of popularity to cease. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of making popular, or of introducing among the people. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Popularized p. pr. & vb. n. Popularizing ] [ Cf. F. populariser. ] To make popular; to make suitable or acceptable to the common people; to make generally known; as, to popularize philosophy. “The popularizing of religious teaching.” Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who popularizes. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a popular manner; so as to be generally favored or accepted by the people; commonly; currently; as, the story was popularity reported. [ 1913 Webster ]

The victor knight,
Bareheaded, popularly low had bowed. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being popular; popularity. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. populus people. See People. ] Populous. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Populated p. pr. & vb. n. Populating. ] To furnish with inhabitants, either by natural increase or by immigration or colonization; to cause to be inhabited; to people. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To propagate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Great shoals of people which go on to populate. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. populatio: cf. F. population. ] 1. The act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The whole number of people, or inhabitants, in a country, or portion of a country; as, a population of ten millions. [ 1913 Webster ]