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Some animals have complex mating rituals before they copulate.
the time of year when deer in the wild are likely to copulate
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airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
Advertisement The lawsuit alleges Harris comforted the boy and during the encounter began forcibly orally copulating the teen.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Its first appearance in American print resulted from an 1846 Missouri court case in which a man stood accused of copulating with a horse.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Advertisement All of the male apes at the sanctuary receive vasectomies, but that does not preclude them from copulating.
—Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2024
See All Example Sentences for copulate
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“Copulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/copulate. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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copulate
intransitive verb
cop·u·late
ˈkäp-yə-ˌlāt 
copulated; copulating
1
: to engage in sexual intercourse
2
of gametes
: to fuse permanently compare conjugate sense 1
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