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"
Synonyms:
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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