stipulate

1. 1

   To require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.transitive

   • 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. 2

   To specify, promise or guarantee something in an agreement.transitive

   • Out of special love and affection they stipulate that the survivor shall remain in full possession and use the entire temporal estate which they leave behind and none of the heirs shall demand an account or proof or balance so that the surv
3. 3

   To acknowledge the truth of; not to challenge.USformaltransitive

   • The defense stipulates that the witness has identified my client.
4. 4

   To ask for a contractual term.intransitive

   • Although another person cannot stipulate for us, yet in our stipulations we can associate with ourselves another person who stipulates for the same performance, and is called an adstipulator.
5. 5

   To mutually agree.formalintransitive

   • We will stipulate to our receipt of all pertinent discovery documents.

1. 1

   Having stipules; that is, having outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.not-comparable

ant. exstipulate