separative
[sep-er-uh-tiv, -uh-rey-]
- tending to separate.
- causing separation.
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Origin of separative
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The other sharp, mordicant and separative that begets nothing.
A Discovrse of Fire and Salt (A Discourse of Fire and Salt)Blaise de Vigenre
The spread of infidelity in Germany appears to be the main cause of this separative tendency among the Pietists.
Tent Work in PalestineClaude Reignier Conder
She had felt the moment of detached fancy as separative, and he had now to soothe her passionate weeping.
Philo struggled against the separative and exclusive tendency which characterized a section of his race.
Philo-Judaeus of AlexandriaNorman Bentwich
separative
- tending to separate or causing separation
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