Discretive

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Discretive \Dis*cre"tive\, a. [L. discretivus. See {Discrete}.]
     Marking distinction or separation; disjunctive.
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     {Discretive proposition} (Logic & Gram.), one that expresses
        distinction, opposition, or variety, by means of


        discretive particles, as but, though, yet, etc.; as,
        travelers change their climate, but not their temper.
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