corelative

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English

Adjective

corelative (comparative more corelative, superlative most corelative)

  1. Alternative form of correlative
    • 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. , London: Eliz Holt, for Thomas Basset, , →OCLC:
      Concubine is, no doubt, a relative name, as well as wife; but, in languages where this, and the like words, have not a corelative term, there people are not so apt to take them to be so []

Noun

corelative (plural corelatives)

  1. Alternative form of correlative