continuative: Meaning and Definition of

con•tin•u•a•tive

1. tending or serving to continue; causing continuation or prolongation.
2. expressing continuance of thought.
3. expressing a following event. In They arrested a suspect, who gave his name as John Doe, the second clause is continuative.
4. (of a verbal form or aspect) expressing continuation.

1. something continuative.
2. a continuative word or expression.