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English → English (gcide) Definition: Discretive proposition Discretive \Dis*cre"tive\, a. [L. discretivus. See Discrete.] Marking distinction or separation; disjunctive. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]