separative Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. adjective satellite (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
   
2. adjective satellite serving to separate or divide into parts
   partitive.
   
   • partitive tendencies in education
   • the uniting influence was stronger than the separative
3. adjective satellite (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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