coupled

Verb

couple (third-person singular simple present couples, present participle coupling, simple past and past participle coupled)

1. (transitive) To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).
   • Now the conductor will couple the train cars.

   Synonyms:

   affix

2. (dated, transitive) To join in wedlock; to marry.
   • I am just going to perform a very good office, it is to assist with the archbishop, in degrading a parson who couples all our beggars1801, Jonathan Swift, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 14, page 59

   Synonyms:

   bewed

3. (intransitive) To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate.
   • On their wedding night they coupled nine times.1987, Alan Norman Bold, Robert Giddings, Who was really who in fiction, Longman

   Synonyms:

   have sex

4. (transitive) To cause (two animals) to copulate, to bring (two animals) together for mating.
   • The Parilia was generally considered to be the best time for coupling the rams and the ewes.1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 328
5. (transitive) To enter (multiple horses with the same owner) into a race so that a single bet can be placed on any of them winning.

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