stipulate.
To require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.
Meaning & usage
To require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.
To specify, promise or guarantee something in an agreement.
To acknowledge the truth of; not to challenge.
The defense stipulates that the witness has identified my client.
To ask for a contractual term.
To mutually agree.
We will stipulate to our receipt of all pertinent discovery documents.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steyp-der. Proto-Italic *stips Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-elā Proto-Italic *stipelā Latin stipula? ▲ Proto-Italic *stipelā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *stipelāō? Latin stipulātusbor. English stipulate From Latin stipulātus, perfect active participle of stipulor (“to demand a formal promise, stipulate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Having stipules; that is, having outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.
Where this word comes from
From stipule + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
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