copulationn.
/kɒpjuːˈleɪʃən/ a. The action of coupling or linking two things together, or condition of being coupled; connection, union. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > fact or act of being coupled or coupling together
couplingc1340
copulationc1400
yoking?a1425
couplement1548
c1400 Test. Love (1560) i. 278/2 Every othe by knitting of copulacion must have these lawes.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John Pref. 3 a The wonderfull copulacion of the sayed nature vnto ours by his incarnacion.
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 4v That kynde of copulation called Synchondrosis, is to be noted by the bones of the brest.
a1623 W. Pemble Justification (1629) 221 The copulation of a liuing faith and obedience together.
1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 194. ⁋10 Wit..is the unexpected copulation of ideas.
1752 H. Walpole Corr. (1837) I. 179 A pyramid which by a most unnatural copulation is at once a grotto and a greenhouse.
b. Grammatical or logical connection.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic relations > [noun] > connection or linking
linking1545
copulation1592
subjunction1633
1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. N4, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) When one or moe members doe follow in equall sentences, as thus:..or thus with copulation: Neither hast thou..dealt well with thy selfe, nor respected at all thy being.
1854 Hickok Mental Sci. 146 The varieties of judgements, which depend upon the forms of copulation.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > [noun] > a combination
combination?1533
composition1556
composure1609
composture1614
compound1621
annexationa1626
conjugation1626
complexiona1637
composta1640
consistence1641
conferrumination1647
compositum1652
copulation1774
amalgam1790
amalgamation1828
combo1929
1774 H. Walpole Let. to W. Hamilton 19 June A new instrument..a copulation of a harpsicord and a violin.
2. spec. The union of the sexes in the act of generation.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > sexual intercourse
ymonec950
moneOE
meanc1175
manredc1275
swivinga1300
couplec1320
companyc1330
fellowred1340
the service of Venusc1350
miskissinga1387
fellowshipc1390
meddlinga1398
carnal knowinga1400
flesha1400
knowledgea1400
knowledginga1400
japec1400
commoning?c1425
commixtionc1429
itc1440
communicationc1450
couplingc1475
mellingc1480
carnality1483
copulation1483
mixturea1500
Venus act?1507
Venus exercise?1507
Venus play?1507
Venus work?1507
conversation?c1510
flesh-company1522
act?1532
carnal knowledge1532
occupying?1544
congression1546
soil1555
conjunction1567
fucking1568
rem in re1568
commixture1573
coiture1574
shaking of the sheets?1577
cohabitation1579
bedding1589
congress1589
union1598
embrace1599
making-outa1601
rutting1600
noddy1602
poop-noddy1606
conversinga1610
carnal confederacy1610
wapping1610
businessa1612
coition1615
doinga1616
amation1623
commerce1624
hot cocklesa1627
other thing1628
buck1632
act of love1638
commistion1658
subagitation1658
cuntc1664
coit1671
intimacy1676
the last favour1676
quiffing1686
old hat1697
correspondence1698
frigging1708
Moll Peatley1711
coitus1713
sexual intercourse1753
shagging1772
connection1791
intercourse1803
interunion1822
greens1846
tail1846
copula1864
poking1864
fuckeea1866
sex relation1871
wantonizing1884
belly-flopping1893
twatting1893
jelly roll1895
mattress-jig1896
sex1900
screwing1904
jazz1918
zig-zig1918
other1922
booty1926
pigmeat1926
jazzing1927
poontang1927
relations1927
whoopee1928
nookie1930
hump1931
jig-a-jig1932
homework1933
quickie1933
nasty1934
jig-jig1935
crumpet1936
pussy1937
Sir Berkeley1937
pom-pom1945
poon1947
charvering1954
mollocking1959
leg1967
rumpy-pumpy1968
shafting1971
home plate1972
pata-pata1977
bonking1985
legover1985
knobbing1986
rumpo1986
fanny1993
1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton A v b Made one flesshe by carnal copulacyon or bodily felawshyp.
c1530 T. More Life Henry VIII 63 Because of the carnall copulacion had betweene prince Arthur and the queene.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 185 Some thinking that they [sc. bees] are ingendred by coppulation, the Drone being the male, and the Bee the feemale.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 78 The copulation of Cattle. View more context for this quotation
1645 E. Pagitt Heresiogr. 26 Marriage, which is a lawfull copulation of a man and a woman.
1830 R. Knox tr. P. A. Béclard Elements Gen. Anat. 28 They produce living young, without copulation.
1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 157 In viviparous fishes actual copulation takes place.
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