Definition of "separative" in English

adjective

1. Serving to separate.

2. (rare) Tending to keep oneself separate from others.

noun

1. Something that serves to separate.

   • 1853, A. F. Lendy, The Principles of War, London: Parker, Furnivall, and Parker, “Strategy,” Chapter 4, p. 117, […] as for the distance between [the roads], it varies according to the strength of the army and the nature of the ground, the essential point being not to leave between them obstacles acting as separatives, such as rivers, &c.