1.
[syn: copula, copulative, linking verb]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. syntactically connecting sentences or elements of a sentence;
- Example: "`and' is a copulative conjunction"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Copulative \Cop"u*la*tive\, n.
1. Connection. [Obs.] --Rycaut.
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2. (Gram.) A copulative conjunction.
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The 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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]