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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SEPARATIVE

Sep "a *ra *tive, a. Etym: [L. separativus.]

 

Defn: Causing, or being to cause, separation. "Separative virtue of extreme cold. " Boyle.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

separative

sep a ra tive |ˈsep (ə )rətiv ˈsɛpərədɪv | ▶adjective technical tending to cause division into constituent or individual elements.