资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stipulate \Stip"u*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stipulated}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Stipulating}.] [L. stipulatus, p. p. of
   stipulari to stipulate, fr. OL. stipulus firm, fast; probably
   akin to L. stipes a post. Cf. {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.