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Copula definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COPULA, n. [L. See Copulation and Couple.] In logic, the word which unties the subject and predicate of a proposition. Religion is indispensable to happiness. Here is is the copula joining religion, the subject, with indispensable to happiness, the predicate.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence [syn: copula, copulative, linking verb]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin, bond — more at couple Date: 1619 something that connects: as a. the connecting link between subject and predicate of a proposition b. linking verb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. copulas) Logic & Gram. a connecting word, esp. a part of the verb be connecting a subject and predicate. Derivatives: copular adj. Etymology: L (as CO-, apere fasten)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Copula Cop"u*la, n. [L., bond, band. See Couple.] 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(copulas) A copula is the same as a linking verb. N-COUNT