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Separative

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

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separative

a. Serving to separate

WordNet
separative
  1. adj. used of an accent in Hebrew orthography; indicates that the word marked is separated to a greater or lesser degree rhythmically and grammatically from the word that follows it

  2. serving to separate or divide into parts; "partitive tendencies in education"; "the uniting influence was stronger than the separative" [syn: partitive]

  3. (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"

Usage examples of "separative".

Souls: and thus a Soul--with its particular Souls--may be the separative principle.