copulate

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From Latin cōpulātus, perfect passive participle of cōpulō (“to couple, join, connect”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French copuler.

Sex and birth are as mysterious to them as death, but they manage to copulate instinctively and conceive a child. — The Blue Lagoon: A Romance, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole
And when I began to consider that, by copulating with one of the Yahoo species I had become a parent of more, it struck me with the utmost shame, confusion, and horror. — Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, Jonathan Swift
He had the wit to pimp for asses and mares, animals of different species, that they might copulate for the generation of a third, which we call mules, more strong and fit for hard service than the other two. — Gargantua and Pantagruel, François Rabelais

mate, pair, couple

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