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copulative

[ kop-yuh-ley-tiv, -luh-tiv ]

adjective

  1. serving to unite or couple.
  2. Grammar.
    1. involving or consisting of connected words or clauses:

      a copulative sentence.

    2. pertaining to or serving as a copula; serving to connect subject and complement:

      a copulative verb.

    3. serving to connect nouns, noun phrases, verbs, clauses, etc.:

      a copulative conjunction.

    4. of the dvandva type:

      Bittersweet is a copulative compound.

  3. of or relating to sexual intercourse.


noun

  1. Grammar. a copulative word.

copulative

/ 藞办蓲辫箩蕣濒蓹迟瑟惫 /

adjective

  1. serving to join or unite
  2. of or characteristic of copulation
  3. grammar (of a verb) having the nature of a copula
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞肠辞辫耻濒补迟颈惫别濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠辞辫顎僽路濒补顎卼颈惫别路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of copulative1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English copulatif, from Middle French copulatif, copulative, from Late Latin 肠艒辫耻濒腻迟墨惫耻蝉; copulate, -ive
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Example Sentences

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The copulative prowess of a 17th-century Moroccan emperor, for instance, was the subject of a study by German and Austrian mathematicians who won a prize.

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On my recent foray into the universe of Tinder, I encountered plenty of sexed-up New Yorkers eager after only a few texts to engage in almost any sort of copulative activity.

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These should be followed by the copulative verb; after which should come the intransitive verb and its nominative in the different tenses, and the transitive with its object in the same way.

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C. L. N. A. I. J. Bl. says the omission of the copulative wa in line 4 of the original is characteristic of Khayyam.

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To speak in academical language, the conjunction in this case is the disjunctive 'or,' not the copulative 'and.'

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