单词 | copulative |
释义 | copulativeadj.n. A. adj. 1. a. Serving to couple or connect; spec. in Grammar applied to conjunctions which connect (constructionally) words or clauses which are also connected in sense; opposed to adversative or disjunctive. Also spec. copulative compound. [So already in Martianus Capella and other Latin grammarians.] ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > conjunction > [adjective] > copulative copulativea1450 copulate1631 conjunctive1751 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [noun] > compounding > a compound > specific augmentative1616 repetitive1810 bahuvrihi1846 dvandva compound1846 karmadharaya1846 tatpurusha1846 copulative compound1888 symphrase1893 synonym-compound1923 a1450 (a1397) Prol. Old Test. in Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Cambr. Mm.2.15) (1850) xv. 57 A participle of a present tens..mai be resoluid into a verbe of the same tens, and a coniunccioun copulatif. 1520 R. Whittington Uulgaria sig. B.vi Two nominatyue cases..with a coniunccyon copulatyue comynge betwene. 1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (i. 5) i. 55 This copulative And, joyn two evidences of the inferiority of Angels together. 1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 79 Conjunctions are principally divided into two sorts, the Copulative and Disjunctive. 1888 H. Sweet Hist. Eng. Sounds (new ed.) 75 Such compounds as hásta-krta ‘hand-made’ in Sk,..are..nothing else but fragments of pre-inflectional sentences, as is shown still more clearly in the Sk copulative compounds, such as aho~rātrám ‘a day and night’. 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. xiv. 235 One can therefore distinguish between copulative compounds (Sanskrit dvandva) and determinative (attributive or subordinative) compounds. 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. xiv. 235 The Hindu grammarians distinguished among copulative compounds a special sub-group of repetitive (amredita) compounds, with identical members, as in choo-choo, bye-bye, goody-goody. 1951 A. G. Hatcher (title) Modern English word-formation and neo-Latin: a study of the origins of..copulative compounds. b. Involving such connection of words or clauses. ΚΠ 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health ccxliii. 269 These kindes of copulatiue sentences. 1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 223 A Copulatiue Axiome..is that, the coniunction whereof, is Copulatiue. 1725 I. Watts Logick ii. ii. §6 Copulative propositions, are those which have more subjects or predicates connected by affirmative or negative conjunctions; as, riches and honour are temptations to pride. 1884 tr. H. Lotze Logic 74 The copulative judgment (‘S is both p and q and r’). c. Logic and Grammar. Connecting the subject and predicate, or subject and predicative complement; forming the copula. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [adjective] > copulative copulative1654 linking1935 1654 R. Vilvain tr. Enchiridium Epigr. vii. 42 With a Verb copulativ in midst of al. 1871 B. H. Kennedy Public School Lat. Gram. §110 The Verbs which so couple a Subject and Complement are called Copulative Verbs. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > [adjective] > forming a connected whole copulative1653 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 > [adjective] > characterized by connection copulative1653 1653 R. Sanderson Serm. Newport 20 True obedience is copulative. 1661 G. Swinnock Door of Salvation 177 The commands of the law are all copulative, they hang together like a carcanet of Jewels. a1698 W. Row Suppl. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) xii. 425 The command in their Proclamation was copulative, to go to their meetings, and to attend and concur, and the going was only commanded in order to their attending and concurrence. 3. Zoology and Anatomy. Relating to or serving for the reproductive union of the sexes; copulatory. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sex organs > [adjective] privyc1325 pudendal1772 pudical1787 pudic1795 sexual1825 copulatory1836 copulative1855 primary1871 perigenital1953 1855 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom (ed. 2) vi. 133 At the extremity of the vagina is situated the ‘copulative sac’. 1858 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 545/2 The reproductive organs..are commonly subdivided into the formative and copulative. B. n. 1. Grammar. a. A copulative conjunction or particle. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > conjunction > [noun] > copulative copulative1530 conjunctive1589 copulate1672 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 148 Of conjunctions some be copulatives. 1610 W. Sclater Threefold Preseruatiue sig. B4 Copulatiues somtimes haue force of conditionals. 1695 S. Patrick Comm. Genesis 156 A great number of learned men expound the particle Vau, as a Causal, not as a Copulative in this place. 1751 J. Harris Hermes ii. ii. 242 The principal Copulative in English is, And. 1845 J. Stoddart Gram. in Encycl. Metrop. (1847) I. 169/1 The Latin ac and atque..in their first sense are mere copulatives. b. A connecting word or particle. rare. ΚΠ 1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. ii. 25 I can by no means approve of studied abbreviations, and leaving out the needful copulatives of speech in trading letters. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [noun] > copula couple1628 copula1649 copulative1751 thought-sign1852 appredicatea1856 link-verb1892 1751 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) XIV. 162 1. The subject..2. The predicate..and 3. The copulative. ΘΚΠ 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 1615 W. Hull Mirrour of Majestie 120 Righteousnesse, which is the copulative of all true vertues. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > [noun] > a complex whole > a connected whole conjunct1581 copulative1621 1621 R. Bolton Statutes Ireland 165 The same Act being in such a copulative. 1656 J. Trapp Comm. John vii. 23 The law is one entire copulative. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > people connected with wedding > [noun] > person about to be married copulativea1616 bride-to-be1829 a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. iv. 56 I presse in heere sir, amongst the rest of the Country copulatiues . View more context for this quotation ΚΠ 1679 P. Rycaut Present State Greek Church 307 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.a1450 |
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