Stipula

{ } a. [ Cf. F. stipulacé, stipulaire. See Stipula. ] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to stipules; resembling stipules; furnished with stipules; growing on stipules, or close to them; occupying the position of stipules; as, stipular glands and stipular tendrils. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to stipules; stipular. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Stipulated p. pr. & vb. n. Stipulating. ] [ L. stipulatus, p. p. of stipulari to stipulate, fr. OL. stipulus firm, fast; probably akin to L. stipes a post. Cf. Stiff. ] To make an agreement or covenant with any person or company to do or forbear anything; to bargain; to contract; to settle terms; as, certain princes stipulated to assist each other in resisting the armies of France. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Stipule. ] (Bot.) The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. stipulatio: cf. F. stipulation. ] 1. The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is stipulated, or agreed upon; that which is definitely arranged or contracted; an agreement; a covenant; a contract or bargain; also, any particular article, item, or condition, in a mutual agreement; as, the stipulations of the allied powers to furnish each his contingent of troops. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) A material article of an agreement; an undertaking in the nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts; a bargain. Bouvier. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Agreement; contract; engagement. See Covenant. [ 1913 Webster ]