discretive

adj

1. (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.”

   “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.”

   “The vital power underlies acts of motion, the discretive power underlies generation and growth, and the attractive power assimilates nutrients.”

2. (not-comparable)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 Sed in Latin, or Mais in French, thinks he has ſufficiently explained it.”

   “Δαì has generally a discretive or distinctive, often and adversative power.”

   “The coherencey of a discretive proposition depends on the connecton of both parts and their relevancy to one another.”

noun

1. A discretive proposition.