astipulate meaning (obsolete): definition

astipulate

verb

/əˈstɪpjʊleɪt/

Etymology From Latin astipulari, from ad- + stipulari (“to stipulate”).

Obsolete To assent.

all but an hateful Epicurus have astipulated to this truth1651 (indicated as 1652), Joseph Hall, “The Invisible World Discovered to Spiritual Eyes, and Reduced to Useful Meditation. […]”, in Josiah Pratt, editor, The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D.D. […], volume VI (Devotional Works), London: […] C[harles] Whittingham, […]; for Williams and Smith, […], published 1808, →OCLC:

adj

/eɪˈstɪpjʊlət/

Etymology From a- + stipulate.

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences Lacking stipules; with no outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.