And forth together rode, a goodly couplement. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
couplement — ● couplement nom masculin État de ce qui est couplé, de deux choses qui sont accouplées. couplement [kupləmɑ̃] n. m. ÉTYM. 1860, in Lexis; de coupler. ❖ ♦ Rare. Couplage; action de coupler (3., figuré) … Encyclopédie Universelle
couplement — index marriage (intimate relationship) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
couplement — noun Etymology: Middle French, from Old French cupler to join, from Latin copulare, from copula Date: 1548 archaic the act or result of coupling … New Collegiate Dictionary
couplement — cou·ple·ment … English syllables
couplement — ˈkəpəlmənt noun ( s) Etymology: Middle French, from coupler to couple, join + ment more at couple archaic : the act or result of coupling … Useful english dictionary
coupler — [ kuple ] v. tr. <conjug. : 1> • cupler 1173; lat. copulare « réunir » 1 ♦ Vén. Attacher avec une couple. P. p. adj. Chiens couplés. 2 ♦ Assembler deux à deux. ⇒ accoupler. Coupler des roues de wagon. P. p. adj. Bielles couplées. Pari… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Plotinus — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = Ancient philosophy color = #B0C4DE image size = 200px image caption = Plotinus name = Plotinus birth = 204, Lycopolis death = 270, Campania school tradition = Neoplatonism main interests =… … Wikipedia
Sonnet 21 — sonnet|21 So is it not with me as with that Muse, Stirred by a painted beauty to his verse, Who heaven itself for ornament doth use And every fair with his fair doth rehearse, Making a couplement of proud compare With sun and moon, with earth and … Wikipedia
marriage — mar·riage / mar ij/ n 1: the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a legal, consensual, and contractual relationship recognized and sanctioned by and dissolvable only by law see also divorce 2: the ceremony… … Law dictionary
visuel — visuel, elle [ vizɥɛl ] adj. et n. • 1552; lat. médiév. visualis, de videre « voir » I ♦ Adj. 1 ♦ Relatif à la vue. Organes visuels, centre visuel. ⇒ œil, rétine. Cellules visuelles. ⇒ photorécepteur. Champ visuel. Angle visuel. ⇒ optique. Axe… … Encyclopédie Universelle
