verb (used without object), stip·u·lat·ed, stip·u·lat·ing.
- to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
verb (used with object), stip·u·lat·ed, stip·u·lat·ing.
- to arrange expressly or specify in terms of agreement: to stipulate a price.
- to require as an essential condition in making an agreement: Total disarmament was stipulated in the peace treaty.
- to promise, in making an agreement.
- Law. to accept (a proposition) without requiring that it be established by proof: to stipulate the existence of certain facts or that an expert witness is qualified.
verb
- (tr; may take a clause as object) to specify, often as a condition of an agreement
- (intr foll by for) to insist (on) as a term of an agreement
- Roman law to make (an oral contract) in the form of question and answer necessary to render it legally valid
- (tr; may take a clause as object) to guarantee or promise
adjective
- (of a plant) having stipules
v.1620s, from Latin stipulatus, past participle of stipulari (see stipulation). Related: Stipulated; stipulating.