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Webster 1913 Edition


Connexive

Con-nex′ive

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Adj.

Webster 1828 Edition


Connexive

CONNEXIVE

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Adj.
Connective; having the power to connect; uniting; conjunctive; as connexive particles. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


connexive

connexive

English

Adjective

connexive (not comparable)

  1. (dated) connective
    • 1940, John Laird, Theism and Cosmology, Ayer Publishing; Chapter VII, page #215:
      The logic of the theory, however, would permit a distinction to be drawn between true or originating “first” causes, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, the connexive sequences, sometimes called “causes”, that merely depend upon such origins.

Noun

connexive (plural connexives)

  1. (dated) connective

References

  • connexive in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911