v. Obs. [f. L. astipulāt- ppl. stem of a(d)stipulā-ri, f. ad to + stipulāri to bargain, covenant. Cf. ADSTIPULATE, -ATION, in mod. treatises on Rom. Law.]
1. intr. To make an agreement or stipulation; to assent or agree (to).
1548. Hall, Chron. Hen. VII., an. 10 (R.). He nothynge denyed, but … did astipulate and agree to all thinges layed to hys charge.
1634. Jackson, Creed, VII. xx. Wks. VII. 176. So the prophet astipulateth in the name of his God.
1652. Bp. Hall, Invis. World, II. § 1. All … have astipulated to this truth.
2. trans. To agree or assent to.
1658. J. Robinson, Eudoxa, ix. 50. Several of Hippocrates Aphorisms … do astipulate the same.
