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verb

Couple v. t. (past & past part. coupled; pres. part. coupling)

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."

To join in wedlock; to marry. (Colloq.) "A parson who couples all our beggars."

Couple v. i. To come together as male and female; to copulate. (Obs.)

adjective

coupled adj.

Joined together especially in a pair or pairs.

Synonyms: conjugate, conjugated.

Connected by a physical link, as railway cars or trailer trucks. Opposite of unconnected or unlinked

Synonyms: joined, linked.

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Etymology of 'Coupled'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... interrupted, for the table groaned under the blow of the old warrior's still powerful fist, coupled with the exclamation: "So there is still to be no rest from the accursed disturber of the peace, although he is dead! No offence, my lad; but there can be nothing edifying to a good Christian where that ...

— Uarda • Georg Ebers

... disenchantment of his Dulcinea and a feeling of impatience with his selfish and uncharitable squire rose up within him. He pleaded with Sancho and implored him to go through with the ordeal bravely; but Sancho was unflinching in his stubbornness and insisted he could see no reason why he should be coupled with the disenchantment of the peerless fair one. Thus Don Quixote could only pray that his squire might be moved by compassion to perform some day the deed ...

— The Story of Don Quixote • Arvid Paulson, Clayton Edwards, and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

... was up and gone a-fishing before daylight in the morning with his friend Pembroke Howard. These two had been boys together in Virginia when that state still ranked as the chief and most imposing member of the Union, and they still coupled the proud and affectionate adjective "old" with her name when they spoke of her. In Missouri a recognized superiority attached to any person who hailed from Old Virginia; and this superiority was exalted to supremacy ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

... something, evidently. Gorham followed the direction of her gaze as it shifted, and as his glance met the line of the road he perceived a little figure standing in the middle of the railway crossing. It was a child—her child, without doubt—and as he said so to himself the roar of an approaching train, coupled with the sound of the whistle, made him start with horror. The late express from town was due. Gorham remembered that there was a considerable curve in the railroad at this point. The woman had not perceived the situation—she was too far in the shade—but Gorham from ...

— The Law-Breakers and Other Stories • Robert Grant

... Combination takes place between the dye on the fibre and the diazo compound in this bath, and a new product is produced direct on the fibre, which being insoluble is very resistant to washing and soaping. These "coupled" shades, as they will probably come to be called, differ from those produced on the fibre by the original dye-stuff, thus the Diamine jet blacks and some of the Diazo blacks give, with ...

— The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics - A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student • Franklin Beech

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