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单词 separative
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separativeadj.n.

Brit. /ˈsɛp(ə)rətɪv/, U.S. /ˈsɛp(ə)rədɪv/
Etymology: < French séparatif (16th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter) or directly < late Latin sēparātīvus , < Latin sēparāre : see separate v. and -ive suffix.
1.
a. Tending to separate or to cause separation.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [adjective] > tending to separate or cause separation
discretivec1425
separative1592
1592 T. Tymme Plaine Discouerie Ten Eng. Lepers A 4 b A Leprosie is..a fearefull, lothsome, contagious and separative maladie.
1645 S. Rutherford Tryal & Triumph of Faith iii. 15 Grace is separative, and singleth out one of many.
1661 R. Boyle Sceptical Chymist i. 99 That..eminent Experiment of the Separative Virtue of extream Cold, that was made..in Nova Zembla.
a1774 O. Goldsmith Surv. Exper. Philos. (1776) II. 364 We ought now..to inquire how it comes that every object hath this separative power over the particles of light; how it imbibes one colour, while it copiously reflects another?
1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Aug. 154/2 The spirit of the synagogue is essentially separative.
1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) IV. xviii. 55 The uniting influence was stronger than the separative.
1893 J. Pulsford Loyalty to Christ II. 231 The fond, comfortable feeling..that we are better than others, is..separative alike from God and man.
b. absol. as n. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] > one who or that which separates > that which > that which causes separation
separative1650
1650 T. Hubbert Pilula 88 It is such a separative, that it divorceth the pre-reputation of all thy actions.
2. Grammar.
a. Applied to certain functions of the genitive (see quot.). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > case > [adjective] > genitive > certain functions of
separative1845
1845 W. E. Jelf Gram. Greek Lang. §530 II. 156 Separative Genitive... All verbs expressing any notion of removal, separation, departure, rising from, may have a genitive of the point whence these began.
b. Of conjunctions: Alternative, disjunctive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > conjunction > [adjective] > disjunctive
discretive1542
segregative1588
discrete1628
disjunctive1628
disconnective1824
separative1888
1888 B. H. Kennedy Rev. Lat. Primer (1900) §177 Co-ordinative Conjunctions are Connective:..Separative.
3. Natural History. Of a mark or character: Affording ground for establishing a separate species or group.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > taxonomy > [adjective] > separation or division
specifical?a1475
separative1865
1865 Reader 23 Dec. 716 This learned and popular author stands out firmly and solidly for an insurmountable, unsurpassable, separative distinction between man and brute.

Derivatives

ˈseparatively adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [adverb] > individually (not collectively)
sunderlyeOE
sundryOE
sundrilyOE
sunderlepesOE
serelepesc1175
serelya1375
severinglya1390
sunderlingc1390
properlya1393
serea1400
severally1399
departinglya1425
diviselyc1449
severately1470
sunderwisea1550
separately1552
disjunctively1590
semovedly1593
distributively1597
particular1599
dividedly1607
dividually1631
separatively1789
1789 Trifler No. 41. 528 Individuals should separatively collect from observation and religion the art of life best calculated for their own real felicity.
ˈseparativeness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] > quality or condition of being separate
separateness1635
abstractedness1647
separation1650
asunderness1843
separativeness1901
the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [noun] > other attributes
ineffability1629
nunc stans1651
indemonstrability1847
separativeness1901
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > spiritual separation from the world
detachment1798
separativeness1901
1901 G. Matheson in Expositor Aug. 107 To the mind of the Jew, the man who of all others emphasized the holiness of God, the distinctive feature of this holiness was its separativeness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1592
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