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English Dictionary: coupled by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coupled
adj
  1. joined together especially in a pair or pairs [syn: conjugate, conjugated, coupled]
  2. connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks
    Synonym(s): coupled, joined, linked
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Couple \Cou"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coupled} (k?p"'ld); p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Coupling} (-l?ng).] [F. coupler, fr. L.
      copulare. See {Couple}, n., and cf. {Copulate}, {Cobble}, v.]
      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. [Colloq.]
  
                     A parson who couples all our beggars. --Swift.
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