separative adjective. ['sɛp(ǝ)rǝtɪv] L16.
[French séparatif or late Latin separativus, formed as SEPARATE verb + -IVE.]
1. Tending to separate or to cause separation. L16.

2. Grammar. (Of the genitive case) expressing separation, departure, removal, etc.; (of a conjunction) alternative, disjunctive. M19.

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