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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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... summit; those who know Brahman call them shade and light, likewise those householders who perform the Trinakiketa- sacrifice.' Now this text clearly refers to the individual soul which enjoys the reward of its works, together with an associate coupled to it. And this associate is either the vital breath, or the organ of knowledge (buddhi). For the drinking of 'rita' is the enjoyment of the fruit of works, and such enjoyment does not suit the highest Self. The buddhi, or the vital ...

— The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja - Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 • Trans. George Thibaut

... they spelled a name, a name which he seemed to enjoy spelling. But at intervals during that day, and on other days which followed, he was conscious of an uneasy feeling, a feeling almost of guilt coupled with ...

— Shavings • Joseph C. Lincoln

... track around in a circle, and after connecting the strong batteries to the track he put the electric locomotive on and coupled together the cars. Then, when he turned the switch, the engine and train ran along ...

— Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Big Woods • Laura Lee Hope

... Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio, Louisiana and Indiana, Mississippi and Illinois were coupled, preserving in the Senate an ...

— Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 • Joseph Warren Keifer

... laboured respiration of the ardent Mr. Stobell, coupled with a word or two which had filtered through the window, that the ingenious Mr. Chalk was using him as a stalking-horse. From the fact that Mr. Stobell made no denial it was none the less evident, despite the growing blackness of his appearance, that ...

— Dialstone Lane, Complete • W.W. Jacobs

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