continuative

continuative
—continuatively, adv. —continuativeness, n.
/keuhn tin"yooh ay'tiv, -euh tiv/, adj.
1. tending or serving to continue; causing continuation or prolongation.
2. expressing continuance of thought.
3. Gram. expressing a following event. In They arrested a suspect, who gave his name as John Doe, the second clause is continuative.
4. Gram. (of a verbal form or aspect) expressing continuation.
n.
5. something continuative.
6. Gram. a continuative word or expression.
[1520-30; < LL continuativus connecting, copulative. See CONTINUATE, -IVE]

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