connective: Meaning and Definition of

con•nec•tive

Pronunciation: (ku-nek'tiv), [key]
— adj.
  1. serving or tending to connect: connective remarks between chapters.
—n.
  1. something that connects.
  2. a word used to connect words, phrases, clauses, and sentences, as a conjunction.
  3. the tissue joining the two cells of the anther.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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