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Separative

Separative Meaning & Definition
Separative Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Separative?

[adj] (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"
[adj] serving to separate or divide into parts; "partitive tendencies in education"; "the uniting influence was stronger than the separative"
[adj] (Hebrew orthography; used of an accent) indicating that the word marked is separated to a greater or lesser degree rhythmically and grammatically from the word at follows it

Synonyms | Synonyms for Separative: disjunctive | distributive | partitive

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Separative In Webster's Dictionary

\Sep"a*ra*tive\, a. [L. separativus.] Causing, or being to cause, separation. ``Separative virtue of extreme cold.'' --Boyle.

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