copulative

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copulative - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Copulative \Cop"u*la"tive\, a. [L. copulativus: cf. F.
     copulatif.]
     Serving to couple, unite, or connect; as, a copulative
     conjunction like "and".
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  Copulative \Cop"u*la*tive\, n.
     1. Connection. [Obs.] --Rycaut.
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     2. (Gram.) A copulative conjunction.
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copulative - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  copulative
      adj 1: syntactically connecting sentences or elements of a
             sentence; "`and' is a copulative conjunction"
      n 1: an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the
           subject with the complement of a sentence [syn: copula,
           copulative, linking verb]