Dictionary Check: separative
"separative" is a valid word!
Scrabble
15
points
Words with Friends
17
points
Definition
adjective
(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
adjective
serving to separate or divide into parts
Example:
"partitive tendencies in education"
adjective
(of a word) referring singly and without exception to the members of a group
Example:
"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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