'Continuative' definitions:
Definition of 'continuative'
(from WordNet)
noun
An uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences [syn: conjunction, conjunctive, connective, continuative]
Definition of 'Continuative'
From: GCIDE
- Continuative \Con*tin"u*a*tive\, n. [Cf. F. continuatif.]
- 1. (Logic) A term or expression denoting continuance. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- To these may be added continuatives; as, Rome remains to this day; which includes, at least, two propositions, viz., Rome was, and Rome is. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Gram.) A word that continues the connection of sentences or subjects; a connective; a conjunction. [1913 Webster]
- Continuatives . . . consolidate sentences into one continuous whole. --Harris. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Continuative'
- Continuable,
- Continual,
- Continually,
- Continuance,
- Continuant,
- Continuate,
- Continuation,
- Continuator,
- Continue,
- Continued,
- Continuedly,
- Continuer,
- Continuing,
- Continuities,
- Continuity,
- Continuous,
- Continuously,
- Continuousness,
- Continual proportionals,
- Continued bass,
- Continued fever,
- Continued fraction,
- Continued proportion,
- Continuous brake,
- Continuous impost,
- Law of continuity,
- Solution of continuity,
- continuant consonant,
- continuing education,
- continuing trespass,
- continuous current,
- continuous tense,
- good continuation,
- law of continuation,
- continuity army council,
- continuous creation theory,
- continuous receiver watch,
- continuity irish republican army