copulation

2 definitions found

copulation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Copulation \Cop`u*la"tion\, n. [L. copulatio: cf. F.
     copulation.]
     1. The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.
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              Wit, you know, is the unexpected copulation of
              ideas.                                --Johnson.
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     2. The coming together of male and female in the act of
        generation; sexual union; coition.
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copulation - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  copulation
      n 1: the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman;
           the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and
           excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur [syn: sexual intercourse
           , intercourse, sex act, copulation,
           coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual relation
           , relation, carnal knowledge]