discretive en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- dĭs-krēt′ĭv
- (Southern-England) audio
- /dɪsˈkɹit.ɪv/ (Canada, General-American, Scotland)
- /dɪsˈkɹiːt.ɪv/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
- /dəsˈkɹiːt.əv/ (New-Zealand)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin discrētīvus. See discrete.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Marking distinction or separation.
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.
1858, Isaac Taylor, The World of Mind: An Elementary Book, page 157:The vital power underlies acts of motion, the discretive power underlies generation and growth, and the attractive power assimilates nutrients.
2017, David S. Sytsma, Richard Baxter and the Mechanical Philosophers:Nor can it necessarily move the will to cause the action, as evidenced by the will's ability to choose from among discretive judgments consented to.
2004, Keith David Wyma, Crucible of Reason, page 258:
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(not-comparable) Disjunctive with the additional characteristic that the conjoined clauses, while exhibiting a disjunct, are both asserted as true.
The coherencey of a discretive proposition depends on the connecton of both parts and their relevancy to one another.
1837, S. E. Parker, Logic, Or, The Art of Reasoning Simplified, page 92:BUT is a Particle, none more familiar in our Language: and he that ſays it is a diſcretive Conjunction, and that it anſwers Sed in Latin, or Mais in French, thinks he has ſufficiently explained it.
1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], “Of Particles”, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC, book III, § 5, page 229:Δαì has generally a discretive or distinctive, often and adversative power.
1829, Hendrik Hoogeveen, Hoogeveen's Greek Particles, page 40: