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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Continuative \Con*tin"u*a*tive\, n. [Cf. F. continuatif.]
     1. (Logic) A term or expression denoting continuance. [R.]
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              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.
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     2. (Gram.) A word that continues the connection of sentences
        or subjects; a connective; a conjunction.
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              Continuatives . . . consolidate sentences into one
              continuous whole.                     --Harris.
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