stipulari

stipulari [CL not in senses 1 & 2], ~are [LL] 1 a (w. cogn. acc.) to gather (stubble or straw). b to gather stubble or straw from (area of land). a 1276 in stupula stupulanda ad domos cooperiendas MinAc 935/4 m. 1d.; 1320 ~abunt stipulam domini per duodecim dies cum uno homine IPM 65/3 m. 4. b 1277 item in x acris stipul' ~andis ij s. j d. MinAc 843/12; 1279 ~abit vj acras, precii xviij d. Hund. II 580a. 2 to thatch (house or other building), (? also) to provide wattles for (structure). 1427 pro stramine empto ad ~and' domos Ac. Churchw. Bath 37; 1430 de vij s. solutis pro helme empta ad domum R. ‥ et de xiiij d. solutis stipulatori ad ~andum ibidem Ib. 40. 3 to exact a solemn promise or guarantee (from prospective debtor or sim. as regards repayment of debt or fulfilment of obligation). b (in gl.) to ask for or demand. si quis sine causa ~atus est et postea ex ea stipulatione petat, obstat doli exceptio, quia licet non ~ando, tamen petendo dolum committit Ric. Angl. Summa 38 p. 94. b flagitare, efflagitare, rogare, precari, ~are [v. l. ~ari], implorare, orare, intervenire, intercedere, interpellare Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 245; stips, -pis ‥ inde ‥ ~or, -aris, i. rogare, unde Juvenalis ‘quantum vis ~are ‥’, et inde verbalia [vv. ll. adds stipulator, stipulatus, stipulatio; dicitur etiam promittere] Ib. 548. 4 to make covenant in regard to (agreement or obligation) by making oath or formal or official statement, to agree formally to; b (p. ppl. as passive). c (fidelitatem ~ari) to swear allegiance. d (in gl.) to promise. puta promisi tibi domum facere, et penam ~atus sum si non ad diem illum facta esset domus Vac. Lib. paup. 35 (v. stipulatio 2). b s1299 pax ‥ maneat stabilis ‥ sacramentorum utriusque partis stigmate ~ata (Lit. Papae) Ann. Ang. & Scot. 394. c s1297 fidelitatem Edwardo filio regis extensis manibus ~antur Flor. Hist. III 102. d ~or ‥ i. rogare [v. l. adds: dicitur etiam promittere] Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 548. 5 to assert or affirm, to attest or testify to. ut prius ex prosa laudabat littera castos; / sic modo heroica stipulentur carmina laudem Aldh. VirgV 20. 6 to order (goods). I have bespoken a payre of shone agayn Sondaye, ~atus sum calceos in diem Dominicam Stanbr. Vulg. 18. 7 to ask (for or about), to inquire. a quo dum ~aretur si ejus macheram vidisset uspiam Lantfr. Swith. 2 p. 268; dum igitur cogitat, dum consilia ~atur, recedit terra, mare magis ac magis intratur V. Birini 11. 8 (in list of words). passiva ‥ communia et deponentia ‥ hoc modo ‥ ~amur, ~antur, ~abor Aldh. PR 135 p. 188.

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