Definitions for separative

separative sep·a·ra·tive

Spelling: [sep-er-uh-tiv, -uh-rey-]
IPA: /ˈsɛp ər ə tɪv, -əˌreɪ-/

Separative is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 744 anagrams from letters in separative (aaeeiprstv).

Definitions for separative

adjective

  1. tending to separate.
  2. causing separation.

Origin of separative

1585-95; Late Latin sēparātīvus, equivalent to Latin sēparāt(us) separate + -īvus -ive

Examples for separative

She had felt the moment of detached fancy as separative, and he had now to soothe her passionate weeping.

The other sharp, mordicant and separative that begets nothing.

Philo struggled against the separative and exclusive tendency which characterized a section of his race.

The spread of infidelity in Germany appears to be the main cause of this separative tendency among the Pietists.

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