copulative

• In Català the copulative conjunction and is i instead of y as in Castellano or standard Spanish. —  Benito's Wine Reviews
• He was passionately fond of women and was able to acquit himself perfectly; at least, as far as the copulative act--barring fecundation--was concerned In a previous part of this chapter I have alluded to the very appropriate arrangement which formerly existed when music-teachers were eunuchs, and that our higher circles of society would do well to employ eunuchized coachmen, especially if possessed of susceptible and elopable daughters; but, from the accounts given by Mondat, it would seem that they are not as safe as might at first be imagined. —  History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance
• --_Id._, p. 327 The children came to the birth, and the right and kindly copulative were; to the birth they came, and born they were: in a kind consequence who would look for other?" —  Notes and Queries, Number 188, June 4, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
• One of the commonest forms is the copulative, such as Salt is both savoury and wholesome_, equivalent to two simple propositions: Salt is savoury; Salt is wholesome. —  Logic Deductive and Inductive
• Of compounds, the Dwanda, or the copulative compound, is enumerated first. —  The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7

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