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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence;
[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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Gram.) A copulative conjunction.
      [1913 Webster]


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".
   [1913 Webster]


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]