Definitions
adjective
serving to separate or divide into parts
“the uniting influence was stronger than the separative”
adjective
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”
adjective
indicating that the word marked is separated to a greater or lesser degree rhythmically and grammatically from the word that follows it
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