CORRELATIVES

Noun

correlatives

plural of correlative

Anagrams

• retrovesical

Source: Wiktionary


CORRELATIVE

Cor*rel"a*tive (kr-rl"-tv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. corrélatif.]

Definition: Having or indicating a reciprocal relation. Father and son, prince and subject, stranger and citizen, are correlative terms. Hume.

Cor*rel"a*tive, n.

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.)

Definition: The antecedent of a pronoun.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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