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Webster 1913 Edition

Correlative

Cor-rel′a-tive

(k?r-r?l′?-t?v)
,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
corrélatif
.]
Having or indicating a reciprocal relation.
Father and son, prince and subject, stranger and citizen, are
correlative
terms.
Hume.

Cor-rel′a-tive

,
Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation, or is correlated, to some other person or thing.
Locke.
Spiritual things and spiritual men are
correlatives
.
Spelman.
2.
(Gram.)
The antecedent of a pronoun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Correlative

CORRELATIVE

,
Adj.
[L. Con and relativus. See Relate and Relative.] Having a reciprocal relation, so that the existence of one in a certain state depends on the existence of another; as father and son, husband and wife, are correlative terms. The term son is correlative to that of father.

CORRELATIVE

,
Noun.
That which is opposed to something else in a certain relation. The son is the correlative of his father. Darkness and light are correlatives. Rest is the correlative of motion.

Definition 2024

corrélative

corrélative

See also: correlative

French

Adjective

corrélative

  1. feminine singular of corrélatif

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