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Copula   Listen
noun
Copula  n.  
1.
(Logic & Gram.) The word which unites the subject and predicate.
2.
(Mus.) The stop which connects the manuals, or the manuals with the pedals; called also coupler.





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"Copula" Quotes from Famous Books



... attribute complement, because such verb joins the subject to its attribute, is called the COPULA ("to ...
— Practical Grammar and Composition • Thomas Wood
... as the mere logical copula or connecting word, is, was, etc., is used with the Greeks, Latins, and ourselves. It always implies existence, actuality. The present form also includes the future sense,... shall or may be or exist. And הוה and הוא ...
— Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry • Albert Pike
... identity of meaning in the word "hard" as applied to the two nouns it qualifies, and accordingly the proper logical copula is wanting. Of the same kind is the conceit which belongs, I believe, ...
— The Function Of The Poet And Other Essays • James Russell Lowell


Words linked to "Copula" :   linking verb, copulative, verb


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