Di*vi"sive (?), a. [Cf. F. divisif.]
1.
Indicating division or distribution.
Mede.
2.
Creating, or tending to create, division, separation, or difference.
It [culture] is after all a dainty and divisive quality, and can not reach to the depths of humanity.
J. C. Shairp.
-- Di*vi"sive*ly, adv. -- Di*vi"sive*ness, n.
Carlyle.
© Webster 1913.