SEPARATIVE

separative

(adjective) (of a word) referring singly and without exception to the members of a group; “whereas ‘each,’ ‘every,’ ‘either,’ ‘neither,’ and ‘none’ are distributive or referring to a single member of a group, ‘which’ in ‘which of the men’ is separative”

partitive, separative

(adjective) serving to separate or divide into parts; “partitive tendencies in education”; “the uniting influence was stronger than the separative”

separative

(adjective) (used of an accent in Hebrew orthography) indicating that the word marked is separated to a greater or lesser degree rhythmically and grammatically from the word that follows it

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

separative (comparative more separative, superlative most separative)

Serving to separate.

(rare) Tending to keep oneself separate from others.

Noun

separative (plural separatives)

Something that serves to separate.

Source: Wiktionary


Sep"a*ra*tive, a. Etym: [L. separativus.]

Definition: Causing, or being to cause, separation. "Separative virtue of extreme cold." Boyle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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