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segregate |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Segregate \Seg"re*gate\, a. [L. segregatus p. p. of segregare to separate; pref. se- aside + grex, gregis, a flock or herd. See {Gregarious}.] 1. Separate; select. 2. (Bot.) Separated from others of the same kind From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Segregate \Seg"re*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Segregated}; p. pr & vb n. {Segregating}.] To separate from others to set apart. They are still segregated, Christians from Christians, under odious designations. --I. Taylor. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Segregate \Seg"re*gate\, v. i. (Geol.) To separate from a mass, and collect together about centers or along lines of fracture, as in the process of crystallization or solidification. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: segregate v : separate by race or religion; "This neighborhood is segregated" [ant: {desegregate}]
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