Definitions for: Copulative

[n] an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence
[adj] (grammar) syntactically connecting sentences or elements of a sentence; "`and' is a copulative conjunction"

Webster (1913) Definition: Cop"u*la"tive, a. [L. copulativus: cf. F.
copulatif.]
Serving to couple, unite, or connect; as, a copulative
conjunction like ``and''.

Cop"u*la*tive, n.
1. Connection. [Obs.] --Rycaut.

2. (Gram.) A copulative conjunction.

Synonyms: conjunctive, connecting, copula, linking verb

See Also: verb

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