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adjective

Conjunctive adj.

Serving to unite; connecting together.

Closely united. (Obs.)

Conjunctive mood (Gram.), the mood which follows a conjunction or expresses contingency; the subjunctive mood.

Conjunctive tissue (Anat.), the tissue found in nearly all parts of most animals. It yields gelatin on boiling, and consists of vriously arranged fibers which are imbedded protoplasmic cells, or corpuscles; called also cellular tissue and connective tissue. Adipose or fatty tissue is one of its many forms, and cartilage and bone are sometimes included by the phrase.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Conjunctive" Quotes from Famous Books

... their own claims. That was drawing the line pretty fine, of course; finer than the Happy Family would have dared to draw it. But no one would raise any objection, on account of their being women and timid about living alone. Andy smiled sympathetically because the four conjunctive corners of the four claims happened to lie upon a bald pinnacle bare of grass or shelter or water, even. The shack stood bleakly revealed to the four winds—but also it over looked the benchland and the rolling, half-barren land ...

— The Flying U's Last Stand • B. M. Bower

Words linked to "Conjunctive" : conjunction, closed-class word, disjunctive, subordinate conjunction, joint, cooperative, conjoin, continuative, concerted, coordinating conjunction