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concerted, contact (touching), correlative, interlocking, nexus, relative (relevant)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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Connective — may be referring to: Bains::connective Logical connective Connective tissue Discourse connective, in linguistics, a word or phrase like therefore or in other words . See also Connection (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articl … Wikipedia
connective — 1650s, from CONNECT (Cf. connect) + IVE (Cf. ive) (if from Latin, it likely would have been *connexive). Related: Connectivity (1893); Connective tissue is from 1839 … Etymology dictionary
Connective — Con*nect ive, a. Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection. [1913 Webster] {Connection tissue} (Anat.) See {Conjunctive tissue}, under {Conjunctive}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Connective — Con*nect ive, n. That which connects. Specifically: (a) (Gram.) A word that connect words or sentences; a conjunction or preposition. (b) (Bot.) That part of an anther which connects its thec[ae], lobes, or cells. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
connective — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ connecting. ► NOUN ▪ something that connects … English terms dictionary
connective — [kə nek′tiv] adj. connecting or serving to connect n. 1. something that connects, esp. a word that connects phrases, clauses, or other words, as a conjunction or relative pronoun 2. Bot. an anther s lobe connecting tissue that splits open,… … English World dictionary
connective — connectively, adv. connectivity /kon ek tiv i tee/, n. /keuh nek tiv/, adj. 1. serving or tending to connect: connective remarks between chapters. n. 2. something that connects. 3. Gram. a word used to connect words, phrases, clauses, and… … Universalium
connective — ● connectif, connective adjectif (de connecter) Tissu connectif, synonyme de tissu conjonctif. ● connectif, connective (expressions) adjectif (de connecter) Tissu connectif, synonyme de tissu conjonctif. ● connectif, connective (synonymes)… … Encyclopédie Universelle
connective — I UK [kəˈnektɪv] / US adjective formal joining things together II UK [kəˈnektɪv] / US noun [countable] Word forms connective : singular connective plural connectives linguistics a word that is used to join other words, phrases, clauses, and… … English dictionary
connective — 1. adjective serving or tending to connect; connecting Society is doomed to an ignominious death as soon as the connective tissue of institutions and the ossified material of officialdom with its rank growth of unyielding red tape and formalism… … Wiktionary
