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copulative (encz) | copulative,kopulativní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Copulative (gcide) | Copulative \Cop"u*la*tive\, n.
1. Connection. [Obs.] --Rycaut.
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2. (Gram.) A copulative conjunction.
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Copulative (gcide) | 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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copulative (wn) | 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] |
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copulative conjunction (encz) | copulative conjunction, n: |
Copulative (gcide) | Copulative \Cop"u*la*tive\, n.
1. Connection. [Obs.] --Rycaut.
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2. (Gram.) A copulative conjunction.
[1913 Webster]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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Copulatively (gcide) | Copulatively \Cop"u*la"tive*ly\, adv.
In a copulative manner.
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copulative conjunction (wn) | copulative conjunction
n 1: the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the
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COPULATIVE TER (bouvier) | COPULATIVE TERM. One which is placed between two or more others to join them
together: the word and is frequently used for this purpose. For example, a
man promises to pay another a certain sum of money, and to give his note for
another sum: in this case he must perform both.
2. But the copulative may sometimes be construed into a disjunctive,
(q.v.) as, when things are copulated which cannot possibly be so; for
example, "to die testate and intestate." For examples of construction of
disjunctive terms, see the cases cited at the word Disjunctive, and Ayl.
Pand. 55; 5 Com. Dig. 338; Bac. Ab. Conditions, P 5; Owen, 52; Leon. 74;
Golds. 71; Roll. Ab. 444; Cro. Jac. 594.
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