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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1490
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Copulative, a. and n. [e.m.E. (1520), ME. copulatif (c 1400), OF. copulatif, -ive, L. cōpulātīvus.] Containing connected clauses; as n., a proposition of this form. — 1490 Irland Mir. I. 72/26.
This proposicioune … is equiualent to this proposicioune copulatiue 1490 Ib. 29.
Sene the secund part of this copulatiue is contingent, … tharfor the haill copulatiue is contingent
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