- 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
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Couplement — Cou ple*ment (k?p l ment), n. [Cf. OF. couplement.] Union; combination; a coupling; a pair. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] And forth together rode, a goodly couplement. Spenser. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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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
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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
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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
