See Also: copulative(dictionary)
COPULATIVE TERM(law)

copulative (iou)



copulative adjective & noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French copulatif, -ive or late Latin copulativus, formed as COPULATE: see -IVE.]
A. adjective.
Serving to connect, esp. (Grammar) words or clauses that are joined in sense (opp. disjunctive), or subject and predicate (or complement); involving such connection. LME.
Zoology & Anatomy. = COPULATORY. M19.
b. noun.
Grammar. A copulative conjunction or particle. M16.
In pl. Persons about to be joined in marriage. joc. rare (Shakes.). Only in L16.
copulatively adverb E17.