Hypertext Webster Gateway: "separative"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Separative \Sep"a*ra*tive\, a. [L. separativus.]
Causing, or being to cause, separation. ``Separative virtue
of extreme cold.'' --Boyle.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
separative
adj 1: (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
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"
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