Sub*junc"tive , n. (Gram.) The subjunctive mood; also, a verb in the subjunctive mood.
Sub*junc"tive (?), a.
[L. subjunctivus, fr. subjungere,
subjunctum, to subjoin:
cf. F. subjonctif. See Subjoin.]
Subjoined or added to something before said or written.
Subjunctive mood (Gram.), that form of a verb which express the action or state not as
a fact, but
only as a conception of the mind still contingent and dependent. It is commonly subjoined, or added as subordinate, to some other
verb, and in
English is often connected with it by if,
that, though,
lest, unless,
except, until,
etc., as in the following sentence: "If there were no honey, they [bees] would have no object in visiting the flower." Lubbock. In some languages, as in Latin and
Greek, the subjunctive is often independent of any other
verb, being used in wishes, commands, exhortations, etc.
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