continuative Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
    conjunction; connective; conjunctive.

WordNet

Con*tin"u*a*tive noun
Etymology
Cf. F. continuatif.
Definitions
  1. (Logic) A term or expression denoting continuance. R.
    To these may be added continuatives; as, Rome remains to this day; which includes, at least, two propositions, viz., Rome was, and Rome is. I. Watts.
  2. (Gram.) A word that continues the connection of sentences or subjects; a connective; a conjunction.
    Continuatives . . . consolidate sentences into one continuous whole. Harris.

Webster 1913