Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COR-REL'A-TIVE
COR-REL'A-TIVECOR-REL'A-TIVE-LY
COR-REL'A-TIVE, n.
That which is opposed to something else in a certain relation. The son is the correlative of his father. Darkness and light are correlatives. Rest is the correlative of motion.
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