Definition of "copulative"

copulative

/ˈkɒpjʊlətɪv/

adjective
not comparable
1. Of or pertaining to copulation.
2. (grammar) That acts as a copula.
3. (grammar) That connects the subject of a clause with its complement.
noun
plural copulatives
1. (obsolete) connection
  Quotations
  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.
  1679, Paul Rycaut, The present state of the Greek and Armenian churches
2. (grammar) A copulative conjunction.
  Quotations
  In Polysyndeton conjunctions flow,And every word its copulative will shew.
  1835, L[arret] Langley, A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster: Printed by C. White, Baxter-Gate, page 53