separative

Meanings

Plural: separatives

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
• serving to separate or divide into parts
  • "the uniting influence was stronger than the separative"
• (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"

Adj

• Serving to separate.
• Tending to keep oneself separate from others.

Noun

• Something that serves to separate.

Synonyms

partitive

Related Words

separational

Anagrams of separative