About The Word Isolate
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Isolate
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Isolate: abrupt | abscind | abstract | alienate | amputate | annihilate | apart | avoid | ban | banish | bar | block off | bob | bolt | cast off | cast out | clip | cloister | close off | cordon | cordon off | crop | cull | cull out | cut | cut adrift | cut away | cut off | cut out | debar | delete | depart | deport | detach | detached | disarticulate | disconnect | disengage | disjoin | disjoint | dissociate | disunite | divide | divorce | dock | eject | eliminate | enisle | enucleate | eradicate | estrange | except | excise | exclude | exile | expel | extinguish | extirpate | ghettoize | gin | ground | ignore | insulate | island | island-hop | isolated | keep apart | keep aside | knock off | lay aside | leave | lop | maroon | mutilate | nip | ostracize | pare | part | peel | pick out | prune | pull away | pull back | pull out | put aside | quarantine | reject | remove | removed | riddle | root out | rope off | rule out | screen | seal off | seclude | segregate | send to Coventry | separate | sequester | set apart | set aside | sever | shave | shear | shun | shut off | shut out | sieve | sift | snub | sort out | split | spurn | stamp out | stand aloof | stand apart | stand aside | step aside | strike off | strip | strip off | subtract | sunder | take off | take out | thrash | thresh | throw off | throw out | transport | truncate | unaccompanied | uncouple | unyoke | winnow | wipe out | withdraw 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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