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May 26, 2012
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con•junc•tive



Pronunciation: (kun-jungk'tiv), [key]
—adj.
1. serving to connect; connective: conjunctive tissue.
2. conjoined; joint: a conjunctive action.
3. Gram.
a. (of a mode) subjunctive.
b. (of a pronoun) conjunct.
c. of the nature of a conjunction.
d. (of an adverb) serving to connect two clauses or sentences, as however or furthermore.
4. Logic.characterizing propositions that are conjunctions.

—n.
Gram.a conjunctive word; a conjunction.

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