serving to separate or divide into parts; "partitive tendencies in education"; "the uniting influence was stronger than the separative"
(of a word) referring singly and without exception to the members of a group; "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"
(Hebrew orthography; used of an accent) indicating that the word marked is separated to a greater or lesser degree rhythmically and grammatically from the word at follows it
(of a word) referring singly and without exception to the members of a group; "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"
used of an accent in Hebrew orthography; indicates that the word marked is separated to a greater or lesser degree rhythmically and grammatically from the word that follows it
(of a word) referring singly and without exception to the members of a group
serving to separate or divide into parts
(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
