Meaning of SEPARATIVE
| Pronunciation: | | 'sepu`reytiv
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | disjunctive, distributive, partitive |
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| | Definition: | | \Sep"a*ra*tive\, a. [L. separativus.]
Causing, or being to cause, separation. ``Separative virtue
of extreme cold.'' --Boyle.
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