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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Correlative \Cor*rel"a*tive\ (k?r-r?l"?-t?v), a. [Cf. F. corr['e]latif.] Having or indicating a reciprocal relation. Father and son, prince and subject, stranger and citizen, are correlative terms. --Hume. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Correlative \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.) The antecedent of a pronoun. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: correlative adj 1: mutually related [syn: {correlate}, {correlated}] 2: (grammar) indicating a reciprocal or complementary relation; "correlative conjunctions" n : either of two correlated variables [syn: {correlate}]
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