separative

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separative

/ˈsɛp(ə)ɹətɪv/
/ˈsɛp(ə)ˌɹeɪtɪv/

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Latin separativus.

adjective more separative · most separative

Serving to separate. […] that much more full and eminent Experiment of the Separative Virtue of extream Cold, that was made, against their Wills, by the […] Dutch men that Winter’d in Nova Zembla;
rare Tending to keep oneself separate from others. Pye had never forgotten or forgiven the ingenious fraud. It had taught him secretiveness, made him even more lone and separative. He had withdrawn from the world of men, academic and otherwise.

noun separatives

Something that serves to separate. 1853, A. F. Lendy, The Principles of War, London: Parker, Furnivall, and Parker, “Strategy,” Chapter 4, p. 117, […] as for the distance between [the roads], it varies according to the strength of the army and the nature of the ground, the essential point being not to leave between them obstacles act

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@misc{separative_2026,
  title = {separative},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/separative},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}