copulan.
/ˈkɒpjuːlə/ 1. Logic and Grammar. That part of a proposition which connects the subject and predicate; the present tense of the verb to be (with or without a negative) employed as a mere sign of predication.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [noun] > copula
couple1628
copula1649
copulative1751
thought-sign1852
appredicatea1856
link-verb1892
1649 H. Hammond Vindic. Addresse 25 It belongs to the Copula, or word [Is].
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. i. §6. 46 Not properly one simple part of speech, but rather a mixture of two, namely the Predicate and Copula.
1725 I. Watts Logick ii. i A proposition is usually denominated affirmative or negative from its copula.
1846 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic (ed. 2) i. i. § 2 The Copula is the sign denoting that there is an affirmation or denial.
1887 T. Fowler Elem. Deduct. Logic ii. ii. 25.
2. gen. A connection; a link.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > [noun] > fact or action of being linked or linking > one who or that which > a connecting link
link1548
copulative1615
root1632
copula1656
nexus1663
juncturea1676
tie1711
connecting link1797
interlinka1834
hyphen1868
1656 N. Hardy First Epist. John (1865) 185/1 This [faith] brings, as it were, the Copula, that which knits Christ and the Christian together.
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiv. 244 No copula had been detected between any cause and effect, either in physics or in thought.
3. Anatomy. A part (e.g. a bone, cartilage, or ligament) connecting other parts.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > specific areas or structures > [noun] > connecting structure
copula1681
isthmus1706
1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. Copula, a joyning or fastning together, fettering.
1854 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 227/1 Copula, old term for a ligament.
1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 469 As a rule its [the hyoid arch's] copula is increased in size and affords a support for the tongue.
1882 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Copula magna cerebri, a synonym of the Corpus callosum.
4. A coupler n. in the organ.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > coupler
pedal-coupler1834
coupler1840
copula1852
pedal-copula1852
polychord1858
octave coupler1868
sforzando coupler1876
tumbler-coupler1876
ram-coupler1881
coupling-
1852 tr. J. J. Seidel Organ & its Constr. 67 The copula is that contrivance by which two or more key-boards are so connected, that if the one is played upon, the other acts at the same time.
5. Music. A short connecting passage; = codetta n., conduit n. 7; a ‘link’.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > [noun] > connecting passage
change1598
transition1857
conduit1872
copula1880
bridge passage1895
bridge1926
1880 Ouseley in G. Grove Dict. Music I. 568/1 A few notes to connect the subject and answer..Such connecting notes are named the Codetta, conduit, or copula.
6. Sexual union. [A term of Roman Law.]
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > sexual intercourse
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moneOE
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manredc1275
swivinga1300
couplec1320
companyc1330
fellowred1340
the service of Venusc1350
miskissinga1387
fellowshipc1390
meddlinga1398
carnal knowinga1400
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knowledgea1400
knowledginga1400
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commoning?c1425
commixtionc1429
itc1440
communicationc1450
couplingc1475
mellingc1480
carnality1483
copulation1483
mixturea1500
Venus act?1507
Venus exercise?1507
Venus play?1507
Venus work?1507
conversation?c1510
flesh-company1522
act?1532
carnal knowledge1532
occupying?1544
congression1546
soil1555
conjunction1567
fucking1568
rem in re1568
commixture1573
coiture1574
shaking of the sheets?1577
cohabitation1579
bedding1589
congress1589
union1598
embrace1599
making-outa1601
rutting1600
noddy1602
poop-noddy1606
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doinga1616
amation1623
commerce1624
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correspondence1698
frigging1708
Moll Peatley1711
coitus1713
sexual intercourse1753
shagging1772
connection1791
intercourse1803
interunion1822
greens1846
tail1846
copula1864
poking1864
fuckeea1866
sex relation1871
wantonizing1884
belly-flopping1893
twatting1893
jelly roll1895
mattress-jig1896
sex1900
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jazz1918
zig-zig1918
other1922
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relations1927
whoopee1928
nookie1930
hump1931
jig-a-jig1932
homework1933
quickie1933
nasty1934
jig-jig1935
crumpet1936
pussy1937
Sir Berkeley1937
pom-pom1945
poon1947
charvering1954
mollocking1959
leg1967
rumpy-pumpy1968
shafting1971
home plate1972
pata-pata1977
bonking1985
legover1985
knobbing1986
rumpo1986
fanny1993
1864 Ld. Chancellor in Times 8 June Supposing this promise to be given in England in writing: ‘When we go back to Edinburgh I will marry you;’ and, on the faith of this, copula follows in Scotland.
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