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Conjunctive

Conjunctive Meaning & Definition
Conjunctive Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Conjunctive?

[n] an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
[adj] serving or tending to connect
[adj] involving the joint activity of two or more; "the attack was met by the combined strength of two divisions"; "concerted action"; "the conjunct influence of fire and strong dring"; "the conjunctive focus of political opposition"; "a cooperative effort"; "a united effort"; "joint military activities"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Conjunctive: combined | concerted | conjunct | conjunction | connecting | connective | connective | cooperative | copulative | joint | united

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See Also | closed-class word | coordinating conjunction | function word | subordinate conjunction | subordinating conjunction

Conjunctive In Webster's Dictionary

\Con*junc"tive\, a. [L. conjunctivus.] 1. Serving to unite; connecting together. 2. Closely united. [Obs.] --Shak. {Conjunctive mood} (Gram.), the mood which follows a conjunction or expresses contingency; the subjunctive mood. {Conjunctive tissue} (Anat.), the tissue found in nearly all parts of most animals. It yields gelatin on boiling, and consists of vriously arranged fibers which are imbedded protoplasmic cells, or corpuscles; -- called also {cellular tissue} and {connective tissue}. Adipose or fatty tissue is one of its many forms, and cartilage and bone are sometimes included by the phrase.

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