Copula

kop'u-la, n. (Logic.) The word uniting the subject and predicate of a proposition. [L., for coapula, It. con and of apere, to join, Gr. haptein.] — Cop'ulate, -lat, To unite in sexual embrace. (L. copidare, -latum, copula.} — Copula'tion, n. Act of coupling; coition.— Cop'ulative, -tiv, a. Serving to couple. (Gram.) Uniting the sense as well as the words. — n. (Gram.) A copulative conjunction. — Cop'ulatory, -to-rt, a. Pert, to, etc. copulative.