separative

separative
separate ► ADJECTIVE 1) forming or viewed as a unit apart or by itself; not joined or united with others. 2) different; distinct.
► VERB 1) move or come apart. 2) stop living together as a couple. 3) divide into constituent or distinct elements. 4) extract or remove for use or rejection. 5) distinguish between or from another; consider individually. 6) form a distinction or boundary between: six years separated the brothers.
► NOUN (separates) ▪ individual items of clothing that may be worn in different combinations.
DERIVATIVES separately adverb separateness noun separative adjective separator noun.
ORIGIN from Latin separare 'disjoin, divide' .

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