"copulative" in the noun sense
1. copula, copulative, linking verb
an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence
"copulative" in the adjective sense
1. copulative
syntactically connecting sentences or elements of a sentence
"`and' is a copulative conjunction"
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