conjunctive
Etymology

From , from coniunctus, past participle of coniungere; compare conjoin.

Adjective

conjunctive (not comparable)

  1. (astrology, astronomy) Relating to a conjunction (appearance in the sky of two astronomical objects with the same right ascension or the same ecliptical longitude).
  2. (grammar) Relating to a conjunction (part of speech).
  3. (grammar) Relating to the conjunctive mood.
  4. (grammar) Of a personal pronoun, used only in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject, such as French je or Irish
    Antonyms: disjunctive
  5. (grammar, of a verb) Subjunctive: inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
    Synonyms: subjunctive
  6. (logic) Of or relating to logical conjunction.
    Antonyms: disjunctive
  7. (obsolete) Closely united.
    • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act IV, scene vii], line 15:
      She is so conjunctive to my life and soul / That, as the star moves not but in his sphere, / I could not but by her.
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conjunctive (plural conjunctives)

  1. (grammar) A conjunction.
  2. (grammar) The subjunctive.
  3. (logic) A conjunction.



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