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correlative

Correlative (kr-rl-tv), a.

Etymology: [Cf. F. corrélatif.]

Having or indicating a reciprocal relation. Father and son, prince and subject, stranger and citizen, are correlative terms. Hume.

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Correlative, n.

1. One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation, or is correlated, to some other person or thing. Locke. Spiritual things and spiritual men are correlatives. Spelman.

2. (Gram.)

The antecedent of a pronoun.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for correlative; he lists it under mutual.

He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.