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copulative en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Latin copulativus.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to copulation.
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(not-comparable) That acts as a copula.
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(not-comparable) That connects the subject of a clause with its complement.
Deriveds
noncopulative · copulatively
Translations (8)
hu kapcsoló- ((grammar) that acts as a copula) · pl łączący ((grammar) that acts as a copula) · pl łączący ((grammar) that connects the subject of a clause with its complement) · sk kopulačný (of or pertaining to copulation) · ru копуляти́вный (of or pertaining to copulation) · hu kopulatív ((grammar) that acts as a copula) · pl kopulacyjny (of or pertaining to copulation) · eo koita (of or pertaining to copulation)
copulative en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Latin copulativus.
Meanings
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(obsolete) A connection.
They understand Polygamie to be a Conjunction of divers Copulatives in number, which is not understood till a person proceeds unto a fourth Wife, which makes more than one Copulative in the rule of Marriage.
1679, Paul Rycaut, The present state of the Greek and Armenian churches:
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A copulative conjunction.
In Polysyndeton conjunctions flow,
And every word its copulative will shew.
1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Figures.] Copulative.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 53:
Forms
Relateds
catenative