continuative

continuative

English

Adjective

continuative

1. Of or pertaining to continuation.
2. (linguistics) durative.

Translations

pertaining to continuation

Italian: continuativo (it)

Noun

continuative (plural continuatives)

1. Something that causes a continuation.
2. (linguistics) a durative.

Quotations

• 1855 William Chauncey Fowler - English Grammar

  But it would be absurd to say, "Franklin was a philosopher because Henry was an orator." And is a copulative ; because, a continuative.

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Italian

Adjective

continuative

1. feminine plural of continuativo