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