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Copulation

02319 Cop`u*la"tion (?), n. [L. copulatio: cf. F. copulation.] 1. The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.Wit, you know, is the unexpected copulation of ideas.
Johnson.2. The coming together of male and female in the act of generation; sexual union; coition.
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