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Definition of copulate verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

copulate

verb

NAmE//ˈkɑpyəˌleɪt//

[intransitive] copulate (with somebody/something) (technology)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they copulate

he / she / it copulates

past simple copulated

-ing form copulating

to have sex Some animals perform elaborate mating rituals before they copulate.

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copulation

NAmE//ˌkɑpyəˈleɪʃn//

noun [uncountable]See copulate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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