Discretive
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Definitions
- 1 A discretive proposition.
- 1 Marking distinction or separation. not-comparable
"A like discretive power is exercised in the sphere of each of the senses ; thus it is that the expe- rienced cook judges not only of the "far too much," but of the "much too little" of some one ingredient in the compound upon which the epicure, his master, shall bestow his commendation."
- 2 Disjunctive with the additional characteristic that the conjoined clauses, while exhibiting a disjunct, are both asserted as true. not-comparable
"«But» is a particle, none more familiar in our language: and he that says it is a discretive conjunction, and that it answers to sed Latin, or mais in French, thinks he has sufficiently explained it."
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More examples"A like discretive power is exercised in the sphere of each of the senses ; thus it is that the expe- rienced cook judges not only of the "far too much," but of the "much too little" of some one ingredient in the compound upon which the epicure, his master, shall bestow his commendation."
Etymology
From Latin discretivus. See discrete.
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