Dis-crē'tive, a.

a. [It. & Sp. discretivo, Pr. discretif. See DISCRETE and DISCERN.] Serving or accustomed to discrete; disjunctive; separating. “A discretive conceptualist.” Coleridge.

Discretive proposition (Logic & Gram.), one that expresses distinction, opposition, or variety, by means of discretive particles, as but, though, yet, &c.; as, travelers change their climate, but not their temper.