Hypertext Webster Gateway: "copulative"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Copulative \Cop"u*la"tive\, a. [L. copulativus: cf. F.
copulatif.]
Serving to couple, unite, or connect; as, a copulative
conjunction like ``and''.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Copulative \Cop"u*la*tive\, n.
1. Connection. [Obs.] --Rycaut.
2. (Gram.) A copulative conjunction.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
copulative
adj : (grammar) syntactically connecting sentences or elements of
a sentence; "`and' is a copulative conjunction" [syn: {connecting}]
n : an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the
subject with the complement of a sentence [syn: {copula},
{linking verb}]
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