connexive

English

Adjective

connexive (not comparable)

1. (dated) connective
   • 1940, John Laird, chapter VII, in Theism and Cosmology, Ayer Publishing, page 215:

     The logic of the theory, however, would permit a distinction to be drawn between true or originating “first” causes, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, the connexive sequences, sometimes called “causes”, that merely depend upon such origins.

Noun

connexive (plural connexives)

1. (dated) connective

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “connexive”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.