copulative
Adjective

copulative (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to copulation.
  2. (grammar) That acts as a copula.
  3. (grammar) That connects the subject of a clause with its complement.
Translations
  • Russian: копуляти́вный
Noun

copulative (plural copulatives)

  1. (obsolete) connection
  2. (grammar) A copulative conjunction.
    • 1835, L[arret] Langley, A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster: Printed by C. White, Baxter-Gate, OCLC 1062248511 ↗, page 53 ↗:
      In polysyndeton#English|Polysyndeton conjunctions flow,
      And every word its copulative will shew.



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