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   Couple , n. [F. couple, fr. L. copula a bond, band; co- + apere, aptum, to join. See Art, a., and cf. Copula.]
   That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler. [Obs.]
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   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.
   
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   I'll go in couples with her.
   Shak.
   
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   Two of the same kind connected or considered together; a pair; a brace. “A couple of shepherds.”  Sir P. Sidney.  “A couple of drops” Addison.  “A couple of miles.” Dickens. “A couple of weeks.” Carlyle.
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   Adding one to one we have the complex idea of a couple.
   Locke.
   
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   [Ziba] met him with a couple of asses saddled.
   2 Sam. xvi. 1.
   
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   A male and female associated together; esp., a man and woman who are married or betrothed.
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   Such were our couple, man and wife.
   Lloyd.
   
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   Fair couple linked in happy, nuptial league.
   Milton.
   
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   (Arch.) See Couple-close.
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   (Elec.) One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery; -- called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
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   (Mech.) Two rotations, movements, etc., which are equal in amount but opposite in direction, and acting along parallel lines or around parallel axes.
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   ☞ The effect of a couple of forces is to produce a rotation. A couple of rotations is equivalent to a motion of translation.
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   Couple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coupled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Coupling .] [F. coupler, fr. L.  copulare. See Couple, n., and cf. Copulate, Cobble, v.]
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   To link or tie, as one thing to another; to connect or fasten together; to join.
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   Huntsman, I charge thee, tender well my hounds, . . . 
   And couple Clowder with the deep-mouthed brach.
   Shak.
   
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   To join in wedlock; to marry. [Colloq.]
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   A parson who couples all our beggars.
   Swift.
   
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   Couple, v. i. To come together as male and female; to copulate. [Obs.]
   Milton. Bacon.
   
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