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copulatives

copulatives is the plural of copulative.

Meaning of copulative

Noun

copulative (plural copulatives)

  1. (obsolete) A connection.
    • They understand Polygamie to be a Conjunction of divers Copulatives in number, which is not understood till a person proceeds unto a fourth Wife, which makes more than one Copulative in the rule of Marriage.1679, Paul Rycaut, The present state of the Greek and Armenian churches
  2. A copulative conjunction.
    • In Polysyndeton conjunctions flow,
      And every word its copulative will shew.1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Figures.] Copulative.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 53

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Questions about copulatives

What is copulatives the plural of?
Copulatives is the plural of copulative.

Words near copulatives in the dictionary

  1. copulatingly
  2. copulation
  3. copulations
  4. copulative
  5. copulatively
  6. copulatives
  7. copulator
  8. copulators
  9. copulatory
  10. copulatress
  11. copulatresses

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