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† subconˈtinuative, a. Gram. Obs.
[ad. late L. subcontinuātīv-us (in conjunctiōnes subcontinuātīvæ): see sub- 8 and continuative. Cf. Gr. παρασυναπτικός applied to conjunctions used to introduce clauses implying a fact.]
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1530Palsgr. 148 Some [conjunctions] be subcontinuatyves whiche serve to contynue a mater whan..begon, or to begyn a mater at the first, as povr autánt..si..combien..encore. Ibid., I have..called one of the vii modes..the subjunctyve mode or subcontinuatyve mode. 1798Tooke Purley (ed. 2) i. vii. 111 We shall get rid of that farrago of useless distinctions into Conjunctive, Adjunctive, Disjunctive, Subdisjunctive,..Continuative, Subcontinuative. |