† specificativeadj.
Obsolete.
That serves to specify or distinguish; specific.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [adjective] > differentiating or distinctive
discretive?1490
differencing1603
differential1615
specificative1641
discriminating1642
discriminative1646
specializing1701
differentiating1794
diacritical1857
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adjective] > rendering specific
specificative1641
specificating1657
1641 Relat. Answ. Earl of Strafford 54 Treason was a thing of a simple and specificative nature.
1644 P. Hunton Vindic. Treat. Monarchy iii. 13 It's specificative distinction must be from something which distinguisheth Powers.
1711 tr. S. Werenfels Disc. Logomachys 25 Whether Body, as natural, be the Object of its Speculation? And if so, whether the word As be reduplicative or specificative.
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