Couple

Definition of Couple

Cou´ple Pronunciation: kŭp´'ld

n.	1.	That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler. It is in some sort with friends as it is with dogs in couples; they should be of the same size and humor. - L'Estrange. I'll go in couples with her. - Shak.
	2.	Two of the same kind connected or considered together; a pair; a brace. Adding one to one we have the complex idea of a couple. - Locke. [Ziba] met him with a couple of asses saddled. - 2 Sam. xvi. 1.
	3.	A male and female associated together; esp., a man and woman who are married or betrothed. Such were our couple, man and wife. - Lloyd. Fair couple linked in happy, nuptial league. - Milton.
	4.	(Arch.) See Couple-close.
	5.	(Elec.) One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery; - called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
	6.	(Mech.) Two rotations, movements, etc., which are equal in amount but opposite in direction, and acting along parallel lines or around parallel axes.
v. t.	1.	[imp. & p. p. Coupled (kŭp"'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Coupling (kŭp"lĭng).]
	1.	To link or tie, as one thing to another; to connect or fasten together; to join. Huntsman, I charge thee, tender well my hounds, . . . And couple Clowder with the deep-mouthed brach. - Shak.
	2.	To join in wedlock; to marry. A parson who couples all our beggars. - Swift.
v. i.	1.	To come together as male and female; to copulate.

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