separative

[ sep-er-uh-tiv, -uh-rey- ]

/ ˈsɛp ər ə tɪv, -əˌreɪ- /

adjective

tending to separate.

causing separation.

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Origin of separative

1585–95; < Late Latin sēparātīvus, equivalent to Latin sēparāt(us) separate + -īvus -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM separative

sep·a·ra·tive·ly, adverbsep·a·ra·tive·ness, nounnon·sep·a·ra·tive, adjectiveun·sep·a·ra·tive, adjective

Words nearby separative

separation of church and state, separation of powers, separation of variables, separationist, separatist, separative, separator, separatory, separatrix, seph., sephardi

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Example sentences from the Web for separative

She had felt the moment of detached fancy as separative, and he had now to soothe her passionate weeping.
The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece|Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Philo struggled against the separative and exclusive tendency which characterized a section of his race.
Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria|Norman Bentwich
The spread of infidelity in Germany appears to be the main cause of this separative tendency among the Pietists.
Tent Work in Palestine|Claude Reignier Conder
The other sharp, mordicant and separative that begets nothing.
A Discovrse of Fire and Salt (A Discourse of Fire and Salt)|Blaise de Vigenre

British Dictionary definitions for separative

separative

/ (ˈsɛpərətɪv, ˈsɛprə-) /

adjective

tending to separate or causing separation

Derived forms of separative

separatively, adverbseparativeness, noun

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