Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COR-REL'A-TIVE
COR-REL'A-TIVE, a. [L. con and relativus. See Relate and Relative.]
Having a reciprocal relation, so that the existence of one in a certain state depends on the existence of another; as, father and son, husband and wife, are correlative terms. The term son is correlative to that of father.
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