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Isolate

Isolate Meaning & Definition
Isolate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Isolate?

[v] place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"
[v] set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"
[v] obtain in pure form, in chemistry or medicine; "The chemist managed to isolate the compound"
[v] psychology: separate (experiences) fromt he emotions relating to them

Synonyms | Synonyms for Isolate: insulate | keep apart | set apart

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See Also | acquire | assort | class | classify | cloister | discriminate | disunite | divide | get | ghettoise | ghettoize | maroon | part | preisolate | quarantine | seclude | segregate | separate | separate | sequester | sequestrate | single out | sort | sort out | withdraw

Isolate In Webster's Dictionary

\I"so*late\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Isolated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Isolating}.] [It. isolato, p. p. of isolare to isolate, fr. isola island, L. insula. See 2d {Isle}, and cf. {Insulate}.] 1. To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or alone; to insulate; to separate from others. Short isolated sentences were the mode in which ancient wisdom delighted to convey its precepts. --Bp. Warburton. 2. (Elec.) To insulate. See {Insulate}. 3. (Chem.) To separate from all foreign substances; to make pure; to obtain in a free state.

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