different between stipulative vs stipulate

English

Etymology

stipulate +? -ive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?pj?l?t?v/

Adjective

stipulative (comparative more stipulative, superlative most stipulative)

1. Relating to a stipulation.
2. Relating to something that is merely asserted in an ad hoc fashion rather than following logically from general principles.

Derived terms

• stipulative definition
• stipulativeness

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

stipulative

1. inflection of stipulativ:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

English

Etymology 1

From Latin stipul?tus, perfect active participle of stipulor (“I demand a guarantee”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?pju?le?t/, /?st?pj??le?t/

Verb

stipulate (third-person singular simple present stipulates, present participle stipulating, simple past and past participle stipulated)

1. (transitive) To require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.
   • 2003, Yoko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor:

     My contract stipulated that I would make dinner for him at six o'clock and leave at seven after finishing the dishes; but the Professor began objecting to this schedule as soon as my son arrived on the scene.

2. (transitive) To specify, promise or guarantee something in an agreement.
3. (transitive, formal, law) To acknowledge the truth of; not to challenge.
4. (intransitive, followed by for) To ask for a contractual term.
5. (intransitive, formal, law) To mutually agree.

Derived terms

• stipulated
• stipulative

Related terms

• stipulation

Translations

Etymology 2

stipule +? -ate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?pj?l?t/

Adjective

stipulate (not comparable)

1. (botany) Having stipules; that is, having outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.

Antonyms

• exstipulate

Translations

Italian

Verb

stipulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of stipulare
2. second-person plural imperative of stipulare
3. feminine plural of stipulato

Latin

Participle

stipul?te

1. vocative masculine singular of stipul?tus