Stipulate
Stipulate , adjective
(Botany) Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.
Stipulate , intransitive verb
[Latin stipulatus, past participle of stipulari to stipulate, from Old Latin stipulus firm, fast; probably akin to Latin stipes a post. Compare Stiff.]
To make an agreement or covenant with any person or company to do or forbear anything; to bargain; to contract; to settle terms; as, certain princes stipulated to assist each other in resisting the armies of France.