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reˈstipulate, v. Now rare. [f. ppl. stem of L. restipulārī.] trans. and intr. To promise or engage in return.
1633T. 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’. 1683Case Inf. Bapt. 87 But how can Infants restipulate.., who have not the use of reason? a1708Beveridge Priv. Th. i. (1730) 53 What can God stipulate more to us, or we restipulate more to him. 1880Muirhead Gaius iv. 94 For the same reason the defender does not restipulate. |