stipulate

i. & t. [Lat. stipulatus, pa. par. of stipulor =to settle an agreement, to bargain; lit.to make fast, from O. Lat. stipulus =fast, firm; allied to stipes =a post; Fr. stipuler; Sp. and Port. estipular; Ital. stipulare.] A. In trans .: To make a bargain, agreement, or "If thou art become A tyrant's vile stipendiary ." Glover: Leonidas, viii. 2. A stipendiary magistrate (q. v.). bear to do any thing; to bargain, to contract, to make terms. (Often followed by for ; as, to stipu late for a longer time.) "The parties stipulating must both po e the liberty of a ent and refusal."-Paley: Moral Philosophy , bk. iv., stipendiary-estate, s. Eng . Law : A feud or estate granted in return for services, generally of a military kind.