copulative

copulative
copulatively, adv.
/kop"yeuh lay'tiv, -leuh tiv/, adj.
1. serving to unite or couple.
2. Gram.
a. involving or consisting of connected words or clauses: a copulative sentence.
b. pertaining to or serving as a copula; serving to connect subject and complement: a copulative verb.
c. serving to connect nouns, noun phrases, verbs, clauses, etc.: a copulative conjunction.
d. of the dvandva type: Bittersweet is a copulative compound.
3. of or pertaining to sexual intercourse.
n.
4. Gram. a copulative word.
[1350-1400; ME copulatif < L copulativus. See COPULATE, -IVE]

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