Stipulate

Pronunciation key ( stip′yoo-lāt′ ) ( stip′yoo-lit )

stipulate

adj.

[Mod. L. stipulatus]

1. possession of a stipule.

v.t. [STIPULATED (-id), STIPULATING]

[< L. stipulatus pp. of stipulari, to bargain, < OL. stipulus, firm; IE. base *stip-, a pole, etc; cf. STIFF].

Stipulate

1. to include specific terms in a contract or agreement. To arrange definately.
2. to specify an essential condition of or requisite in a contract.

v.i.

1. to make a specific demand or arrangement for some thing as part of a condition in an agreement.

Stipule, of Pea Vine

References

Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955

Firefly Encyclopedia of Trees, Edited by Steve Cafferty M.Sc. ©2005

Zoology Quest: Chart of Leaf Arrangement and Attachment

Zoology Quest: Stipule