'Copulative' definitions:
Definition of 'copulative'
From: WordNet
adjective
Syntactically connecting sentences or elements of a sentence; "`and' is a copulative conjunction"
noun
An equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence [syn: copula, copulative, linking verb]
Definition of 'Copulative'
From: GCIDE
- Copulative \Cop"u*la"tive\, a. [L. copulativus: cf. F. copulatif.] Serving to couple, unite, or connect; as, a copulative conjunction like "and". [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Copulative'
From: GCIDE
- Copulative \Cop"u*la*tive\, n.
- 1. Connection. [Obs.] --Rycaut. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Gram.) A copulative conjunction. [1913 Webster]