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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement;
- Example: "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"
- Example: "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments"
[syn: stipulate, qualify, condition, specify]

2. give a guarantee or promise of;
- Example: "They stipulated to release all the prisoners"

3. make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stipulate \Stip"u*late\, a. (Bot.)
   Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stipulate \Stip"u*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stipulated; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Stipulating.] [L. stipulatus, p. p. of
   stipulari to stipulate, fr. OL. stipulus firm, fast; probably
   akin to L. stipes a post. Cf. Stiff.]
   To make an agreement or covenant with any person or company
   to do or forbear anything; to bargain; to contract; to settle
   terms; as, certain princes stipulated to assist each other in
   resisting the armies of France.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stipulate
    v 1: specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or
         agreement; make an express demand or provision in an
         agreement; "The will stipulates that she can live in the
         house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates
         the dates of the payments" [syn: stipulate, qualify,
         condition, specify]
    2: give a guarantee or promise of; "They stipulated to release
       all the prisoners"
    3: make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of
       question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

60 Moby Thesaurus words for "stipulate":
   agree, agree to, assign, attach a condition, bargain, bargain for,
   call for, compact, condition, contend for, contract, covenant,
   demand, denominate, designate, detail, determine, do a deal,
   engage, fight for, fix, guarantee, have a catch, have a joker,
   indicate, insist on, insist upon, make a deal, make conditional,
   make contingent, make reservations, mark, mention, name,
   particularize, pick out, pin down, point out, promise, provide,
   provide for, qualify, require, select, set, set conditions,
   set forth, set terms, signify, specialize, specifically provide,
   specify, state, stickle for, stipulate for, strive for,
   struggle for, undertake, vie for, warrant