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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Copulative \Cop"u*la"tive\, adjective [L. copulativus: cf. F. copulatif.] Serving to couple, unite, or connect; as, a copulative conjunction like ''and''.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Copulative \Cop"u*la*tive\, noun
1. Connection. [Obs.] --Rycaut.
2. (Gram.) A copulative conjunction.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
copulative
adjective: syntactically connecting sentences or elements of a sentence; "'and' is a copulative conjunction" [syn: {connecting}]
noun: an equating verb (such as 'be' or 'become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence [syn: {copula}, {linking verb}]
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