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CONTINUATIVE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Con*tin"u*a*tive\, n. [Cf. F. continuatif.]
1. (Logic) A term or expression denoting continuance. [R.]
         To these may be added continuatives; as, Rome
         remains to this day; which includes, at least, two
         propositions, viz., Rome was, and Rome is. --I.
                                               Watts.
2. (Gram.) A word that continues the connection of sentences
   or subjects; a connective; a conjunction.
         Continuatives . . . consolidate sentences into one
         continuous whole.                     --Harris.
 

 

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