discretive
Collocations
3VERB + DISCRETIVE
choose, like
DISCRETIVE + NOUN
generation, judgments
PREP.
among, from
Definitions
adj
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.
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.
Disjunctive with the additional characteristic that the conjoined clauses, while exhibiting a disjunct, are both asserted as true.
«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.
Δαì has generally a discretive or distinctive, often and adversative power.
noun
A discretive proposition.
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3A 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 ingred
WiktionaryNor 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.
WiktionaryThe vital power underlies acts of motion, the discretive power underlies generation and growth, and the attractive power assimilates nutrients.
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