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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DISJUNCTIVE
a. 1. Separating; disjoining.
2. Incapable of union. [Unusual. ]
3. In grammar, a disjunctive conjunction or connective, is a word which unites sentences or the parts of discourse in construction, but disjoins the sense, noting an alternative or opposition; as, I love him, or I fear him; I neither love him, nor fear him.
4. In logic, a disjunctive proposition, is one in which the parts are opposed to each other, by means of disjunctive; as, it is either day or night. A disjunctive syllogism, is when the major proposition is disjunctive; as, the earth moves in a circle, or an ellipsis; but it does not move in a circle, therefore it moves in an ellipsis.
DISJUNCTIVE
n.A word that disjoins, as or, nor neither.
DISJUNCTIVELY
adv. In a disjunctive manner; separately.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DISJUNCTIVE
Dis *junc "tive, a. Etym: [L. disjunctivus: cf. F. disjonctif.]
1. Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining.
2. (Mus. )
Defn: Pertaining to disjunct tetrachords. "Disjunctive notes. " Moore (Encyc. of Music ). Disjunctive conjunction (Gram. ), one connecting grammatically two words or clauses, expressing at the same time an opposition or separation inherent in the notions or thoughts; as, either, or, neither, nor, but, although, except, lest, etc. -- Disjunctive proposition, one in which the parts are connected by disjunctive conjunctions; as it is either day or night. -- Disjunctive syllogism (Logic ), one in which the major proposition is disjunctive; as, the earth moves in a circle or an ellipse; but in does not move in a circle, therefore it moves in an ellipse.
DISJUNCTIVE
DISJUNCTIVE Dis *junc "tive, n.(a ) (Gram. ) A disjunctive conjunction. (b ) (Logic ) A disjunctive proposition.
DISJUNCTIVELY
DISJUNCTIVELY Dis *junc "tive *ly, adv.
Defn: In a disjunctive manner; separately. Dr. H. More.
New American Oxford Dictionary
disjunctive
dis junc tive |disˈjəNGktiv dɪsˈʤəŋktɪv | ▶adjective 1 lacking connection: the novel's disjunctive detail. 2 Grammar (of a conjunction ) expressing a choice between two mutually exclusive possibilities, for example or in she asked if he was going or staying. Compare with copulative. • Logic (of a proposition ) expressing alternatives. ▶noun Grammar a disjunctive conjunction or other word. • Logic a disjunctive proposition. DERIVATIVES dis junc tive ly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English ( sense 2 of the adjective ): from Latin disjunctivus, from disjunct- ‘disjoined ’ (see disjunct ).
Oxford Dictionary
disjunctive
dis |junct ¦ive |dɪsˈdʒʌŋ (k )tɪv | ▶adjective 1 lacking connection or consistency: the novel's disjunctive detail. 2 Grammar (of a conjunction ) expressing a choice between two mutually exclusive possibilities, for example or in she asked if he was going or staying. Compare with copulative. • Logic (of a proposition ) expressing alternatives. ▶noun Grammar a disjunctive conjunction or other word. • Logic a disjunctive proposition. DERIVATIVES disjunctively adverb ORIGIN late Middle English (in sense 2 of the adjective ): from Latin disjunctivus, from disjunct- ‘disjoined ’ (see disjunct ).
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