Subordinative

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

  Subordinative \Sub*or"di*na*tive\, a.
     Tending to subordinate; expressing subordination; used to
     introduce a subordinate sentence; as, a subordinative
     conjunction.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  subordinative
       adj : serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause;
             "`when' in `I will come when I can' is a subordinating
             conjunction" [syn: {subordinating(a)}] [ant: {coordinating(a)}]