Coptocycla 
(< KIITTTFIV, cut, chop), + ni'iAof, circle, a round.] 
A K''i"is of phytophagous tetramerous beetles, 
of the family ' 'imxidilllf. C. rtantlu ia a conn i New 
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2. Sexual connection ; coition. 
Siui'lry kinds, even of i oiijimal '-</"'/< itnm. arc prohib- 
it, .1 MS iihli..iii ,t lli,krr. I:, , I, s I'olity, iv. 1 11. 
Copulation Of parts, in /"'/if. snrh a jnmtion that the 
eiiil of on-- part is the beginning of another, as with tlie 
[litrts of time. 
Copulative (kop'u-la-tiv), a. and n. [= F. co- 
pula tif = Sp. I J g. It. i-i'/ii/li/lirn, < lAj.cojmlati- 
vus, < L. copulare, pp. copulatus, join together : 
see copulate, r.] I. a. I. Uniting or coupling; 
serving to unite or couple. 
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Golden Tortoise-beetle (Clflseycla aurichaUta). 
a, larva, natural size, covered with its dunff, which it carries about 
on the organ known as the dung-fork ; f>. same enlarged and with the 
.limtf taken from the fork ; c, pupa ; tt. beetle. (Lines show natural 
England potato-lieetle. C. aurichalcea is known as the 
golden tortoise-lieetle. Both feed upon the sweet potato, 
morning-glory, anil other convolvulaceous plants. 
cop-tube (kop'tub), n. In a spinning-machine, 
the tube or spindle on which the cop of thread 
or yarn is formed. 
Copturus (kop-tu'rus), n. [NL. (Schonherr, 
18HH), irreg. < Gr. KOKTCIV, cut, + ovpa., tail.] A 
genus of cnrculios, containing numerous spe- 
cies, of North and South America and the West 
Indies. The rostrum reaches to the fore border of the 
metasternum, which often presents a depression into which 
it fits ; the prothorax is grooved across the fore border ; 
the elytra are plane, triangular, or oval, usually short, 
sometimes spiny at the end; and the body is very thick, 
and rhomboiilal in shape. 
copula (kop'u-lii), n. ; pi. copulas, copulte (-l&z, 
-le). [< L. copula, a band, bond, link, contr. of 
"co-apula, dim., < co-, together, + apere, in pp. 
<i/itus, join: see ant. Hence (from the L.) ult. 
couple, which is thus a doublet of copula.] 1. 
In gram, and logic, that word or part of a propo- 
sition which expresses the relation between the 
subject and the predicate. Thus, in the proposition 
"Religion is indisiiensahle to happiness," i* is the copula 
joining relit/ion, the subject, with indispensable to happi- 
ness, the predicate, and itself expressing merely the pred- 
ication or assertion which is the essential element of a 
sentence. Any other verb is capable of being analyzed 
into the copula and a predicate: thus, "he lives" into 
"In t\ //r /;/-/," and so on. 
2. In an organ, same as coupler. 3. In anat., 
some coupling or connecting part, usually dis- 
tinguished by a qualifying terra ; especially, a 
median bone or cartilage connecting hyoidean 
and branchial arches, and also uniting opposite 
halves of these arches respectively, as a basi- 
brant'hial. 
All the branchial arches are united ventrally by azygos 
pieces the eopulte. 
Oegenbaur, Comp. Anat. (trans.), p. 489. 
4. In law, sexual intercourse Balanced copula, 
in logic, a copula which signifies a relation of eqtiipa- 
rance between subject and predicate. CO] 
copula lingiuilis, in anal., the basis of the hyoid bone ; 
the Imsihyal considered as the piece connecting the oppo- 
site halves of the hyuidean gill- arch. Copula Of inclu- 
sion, in logic, a copula which signifies that the objects 
denoted by the subject are among those denoted by the 
predicate. 
COpular (kop'u-lar), a. [< copula + -ar 2 .] In 
iinin/. and /or//c,"relating to or of the nature of 
a copula. 
copulate (kop'u-lat), v. ; pret. and pp. copu- 
lated, ppr. copulating. [< L. copulatiin, pp. of 
copulare (> It. copulare= Sp. Pg. popular = F. 
cupuler), unite, couple (> ult. couple, p.), < co- 
IIII/H, a band, bond : see copula, couple.] I.t 
tnins. To join together. Bailey. 
II. i a it-dim. To unite as a pair; especially, 
to unite sexually. 
Not only the persons so copulating an- infcctod. lint also 
th"ir rliililrvn. H 'ivuinii. Surgery. 
copulatet (kop'u-lat), a. [< L. copulatus, pp. : 
see the verb.] Joined. Bacon Copulate ex- 
treme. *ee >'.i-fr, : <i. 
copulation (kop-u-la'shqn), n. [= P. copuJa- 
tinn = It. ooputaziont, < L. copulatio(n-), < copu- 
luri', jip. fiiiiiiliitna. unite: st'i> fnpulatr. r.] 1. 
The act of coupling ; conjunction ; union. 
His c,,,,nl:iti t >n of niimiisylhtbles supplying the quantity 
of a trisyllable to bis Intent 
I'utt'-iiham, Arte of Eng. I'orsie. 
If He.^el s ' beiiiK ' wen; the men: infinitive of the copula 
'is,' as Krdmann tboilnlit, not only would whatever copu- 
lative force it might retain still presuppose two terms to 
lie eoi i nee ted, lint it is iniji. i^sihlr to .-mpty the word of all 
noli. .n of existence. '.'. .S'. Hall, German Culture, p. 108. 
2. Relating or pertaining to copulation Copu- 
lative conjunction, in //mm., a conjunction joining 
toother two or more coordinate clauses, or coordinate 
members of a clause ; the conjunction and, and any other, 
as also, having a nearly like office : as, he went and she 
came ; riches ami honors are temptations to pride. Cop- 
ulative proposition. See pmporition. 
II. n. 1. A copulative conjunction. 2f. 
Connection. 
A fourth wife, which makes more than one copulative in 
the rule of marriage. 
Rycaut, Oreekand Armenian Churches, p. 307. 
3. One who copulates. [Rare.] 
I press in here, sir, amongst the rest of the country 
copulatives, to swear, and to forswear, according as mar- 
riage binds, and blood breaks. Shak., As you Like it, v. 4. 
copulatively (kop'u-la-tiv-li), adv. In a copu- 
lative manner. Hammond. 
copulatory (kop'u-la-to-ri), a. [< copulate + 
-ory.] 1 . Relating or pertaining to copulation : 
specifically, in zool., applied to the accessory 
generative organs. 2. Uniting; copulative. 
Copulatory pouch, in entom., a cavity or sac in the ab- 
domen of a female insect, destined to receive the fertiliz- 
ing fluid during copulation ; a kind of spermatheca. 
Copurus (ko-pu'rus), n. [NL. (Strickland, 
1841), < Gr. 'KUTTII, handle, 4- oi<pa, tail.] A ge- 
nus of South American clamatorial birds, of 
the family Tyrannida: or tyrant flycatchers: so 
called from the extraordinary development of 
the tail. The type is C. colonus (or ptaturus or 
filicauda). 
copy (kop'i), n.; pi. copies (-iz). [Early mod. 
K. also coppy, coppie, copie ; < ME. copy, copie, 
< OF. copie, abundance, plenty, a transcript, 
copy, F. copie ( > D. kopij = G. copif = Dan. Sw. 
kopi), a transcript, copy, = Pr. Sp. Pg. It. copia, 
abundance, a transcript, copy, < L. copia, abun- 
dance, plenty, multitude, facilities, opportuni- 
ty, hence also, in ML. (from the notion of abun- 
dance, plenty), a transcript, copy; prob. contr. 
from *co-opia, < co-, together, + opes, riches 
(cf. inopia, want) : see opulent.] It. Abun- 
dance; plenty; copiousness. 
This Spayne . . . hath grete copy and plente of cas- 
tell[es], of bur-, of metal, and of hony. 
Trevim, Works (ed. Babington), I. 801. 
It is the part of every obsequious servant to be sure to 
have dally about him copy and variety of colours. 
B. .fnnxnn. Cynthia's Revels, v. 2. 
Now because they speak all they can (however unfitly), 
they are thought to have the greater copy. 
B. Jonson, Discoveries. 
Food for horse in great copie. Strype, Records. 
2. A duplication, transcription, imitation, or 
reproduction of something; that which is not 
an original. 
Good captain, will you give me a copy of the sonnet you 
writ to Diana in behalf of the Count Rousillon? 
Shak., All's Well, iv. S. 
Corinna frowns awhile, 
Hell's torments are but copies of his smart. 
Quarles, Emblems, iv. 5. 
A n>j/;/ after Raffaelle is more to be commended than an 
original of any indifferent painter. 
Dryden, Parallel of Poetry and Painting. 
Specifically 3. A completed reproduction, or 
one of a set or number of reproductions or imi- 
tations, containing the same matter, or having 
the same form and appearance, or executed in 
the same style, as an exemplar; a duplicate; 
a transcript : as, a copy of the Bible. 
My copy of the book printed neare 60 yeares ago. 
Evelyn, Diary, April 24, 1664. 
4. The thing copied or to be copied; something 
set for imitation or reproduction; a pattern, ex- 
emplar, or model; specifically, an example of 
penmanship to be copied by a pupil. 
Such a man 
Might be a copii to these younger times, 
Which, followed well, would demonstrate them now 
But goers backward. Shak., All's Well, 1. 2. 
He was the mark and glass, ro/'t/ and book. 
That fashion'd others. Shak.. 2 Hen. IV., II. S. 
5. In prin tin;/, written or printed matter given 
to the printer to be reproduced in type. 
copyhold 
I woul'l not defiti i- VIIK "/" '"'' 'lit- liitun , ami only 
mark the repetitions /' / l"ll c mninell. Nov. L.".I, 1707. 
6t. Right to the use of literary manuscript; 
copyright. 
I use the word <"/"/ in the technical tense in whirh 
that name or term b;is lin-n im-M for at'es, to hitrnify an 
Incorporeal right to the sole prlntini; an. I publishing of 
somewhat intellectual communicated by letters. 
Lord Marufleltl, quoted in Drone. 
It ... will bring me In three hundred pounds, exclu- 
sive of the sale of the copy. Sterne, Letters, No. 56. 
7f. A copyhold tenure ; tenure in general. 
Macb. Thou know'st that Banquo, and his Kleance, lives. 
Lady M. But in them nature'* copy'* not etenie. 
Shot., Macbeth, III. 2. 
I 8nde that Waltham Abbey (for Ik-m-dirtlnes t the 
first) had Its copie altered by King Henry the Seroinl, and 
bestowed on Augustinians. /-'r///. ,-, I'h. Hist., vi. 1. 
8. A size of writing-paper measuring 16 X 20 
inches. E. II. A '////. Blind copy. See Wm</i. 
Certified copy. Maine as oj/ter fxfti (vvhieh see. IN low). 
Copy of one's countenance*, a mask ; a pretense. 
But this [acquiescence), as he afterwards confessed on 
his death-bed, . . . was only a copy of hit cnunifitaner. 
nij, Jonathan Wild, III. 14. 
If this application for my advice is not a copy of your 
countenance, a mask, if you are obedient, I may yet set 
you right. Foote, The Author, IL 
Dead copy, in printing, copy that has been set up in type. 
Exemplified copy, see 
, .- Foul copy, the 
first rough draft of any writing, defaced with alterations, 
corrections, obliterations, etc. : opposed to fair or clean 
copy. Office copy. In law, a transcript of a proceeding 
or record in the proper office of a court, authenticated by 
the ..Hirer having custody of the record, and usually un- 
der the seal of such office. Also called certified copy.lo 
cast off copy. See c<wi. TO change one's copyt, 
to alter one's conduct ; adopt a different course. 
M. 'thinks Euphues chaunging so your colour, vpon the 
sodeine, you wil soone chaunae your coppie. 
Lyly, Euphues, Anat. of Wit, p. 80. 
To hold copy, to act as a copy-holder, or a proof-reader's 
assistant. See copy-holder?, 1. To set a copy, to pre- 
pare something to serve as a copy or model, as across the 
top of the page of a writfng-liook. 
We took him setting of boys' coviex. 
Shak., 2 Hen. VL, IT. 2. 
copy (kop'i), v. ; pret. and pp. cojried, ppr. copy- 
ing. [< ME. copien (= D. Kopieren = G. copiren 
= Dan. kopiere = Sw. kopiera), < OF. copier, F. 
copier = Sp. Pg. copiar = It. copiare, < ML. 
copiare, copy (cf. LL. copiari, furnish one's 
self abundantly with something), < copia, a 
copy, L. abundance: see copy, .] I. trans. 
1 . To imitate ; follow as a model or pattern. 
To copy her few nymphs aspired, 
Her virtues fewer swains admired. Strift. 
To copy beauties forfeits all pretence 
To fame ; to copy faults is want of sense. 
Churchill, Rosciad, I. 4&7. 
My future will not ropy fair my past 
On any leaf but Heaven's. 
3fr. Rrou-niny, Sonnet. 
2. To make a copy of ; duplicate; reproduce; 
transcribe: sometimes followed by out, espe- 
cially when applied to writing: as, to copy out 
a set of figures. 
There can be no doubt but that laws apparently good 
are (as it were) things copied out of the very tables of 
that high everlasting law. Uooker, Eccles. Polity, L 16. 
These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of 
Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. Prov. \\\ . 1. 
Copying camera. See camera. 
II. in trans. To imitate, or endeavor to be like, 
something regarded as a model; do something 
in imitation of an exemplar: sometimes fol- 
lowed by after : as, to copy after bad precedents. 
Some . . . never fail, when they <"/<//. to follow the 
bad as well as the good. 
Dryden, tr. of Dufresnoy's Art of Painting. 
copy-book (kop'i-buk), ii. A book in which 
copies are written or printed for learners to 
imitate. 
Fair as a text B in a copy-book. Shak.. I- L. I~, v. _'. 
copyer, n. See ropier. 
copyhold (kop'i-hold), . [< copy + hold.] I. 
In England, a tenure of lands of a manor, ac- 
cording to the custom of the manor, and by 
copy of court-roll; or a tenure for which the 
tenant has nothing to show except the rolls 
made by the steward of the lord's court, which 
contain entries of the admission of the original 
or former tenant, his surrender to the use of 
another, or alienation, or his death, and the 
claim and admission of the heir or devisee. 
There are two sorts of copyhold : the first is styled on- 
dent demesne, or a customary freehold; and the se. < n-1 
a bate tenure, or mere copyhold. Copyhold property can- 
not be now created, for the foundation on which it rests 
is that the jiroiKTty has been possessed time out of 
mind by eopj nf court-mil, "nil that the tenements are 
with the manor. Copyholds now ileseeinl to the heir at 
law. acconlintf to the rules that regulate the descent ol 
all other kinds of estate in land. 
