(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
serving to separate or divide into parts; partitive tendencies in education; the uniting influence was stronger than the separative
[ Syn: partitive ]
(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'