copulative

Of or pertaining to copulation.

Adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to copulation.
  2. That acts as a copula.
  3. That connects the subject of a clause with its complement.

Origin

From Latin copulativus.

Derived

copulatively noncopulative

Noun

  1. 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,...
  2. 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....

Forms

copulatives

Related

catenative