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Connective   Listen
noun
Connective  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 thecae, lobes, or cells.






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"Connective" Quotes from Famous Books



... Why the connective? Because, to put it bluntly, however great his other gifts are—and they are remarkable—he lacks political intelligence. He reminds one now of a great insect caught in the meshes of a silken web. He struggles this way and that. He ...
— The Mirrors of Washington • Anonymous

... largest town among these upland valleys, was not disposed to take that lying down. The Oswestry and Newtown line crossed the end of the vale, at Llanymynech, only nine miles away, and that was clearly the route by which the engineers could most easily construct a connective link. In the autumn of 1860, one of Llanfyllin's most prominent citizens, Mr. J. Pugh, had posted over to Oswestry, where he had an interview with Mr. Whalley. "Can you help us to get a railway?" Yes, anything in his power, ...
— The Story of the Cambrian - A Biography of a Railway • C. P. Gasquoine



Words linked to "Connective" :   phone line, temporary hookup, coupling, connective tissue, connector, function word, conjunctive, ground, connectivity, connecter, connect, jumper, yoke, subordinate conjunction, conjunction, subscriber line, connexion, connection, coordinating conjunction, attachment, continuative, line, junction, backbone, instrumentality



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