copulative adjective & noun. ['kɒpjʊlǝtɪv] LME.
[Old & mod. French copulatif, -ive or late Latin copulativus, formed as COPULATE: see -IVE.]
A. adjective.
1. 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.

2. Zoology & Anatomy. = COPULATORY. M19.
b. noun.
1. Grammar. A copulative conjunction or particle. M16.

2. In pl. Persons about to be joined in marriage. joc. rare (Shakes.). Only in L16.

■ copulatively adverb E17.

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