About The Word Segregate
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Segregate
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What's The Definition Of Segregate?
[v] separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others; "the sun degregates the carbon"; "large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims"
[v] divide from the main body or mass and collect; "Many towns segregated into new counties"; "Experiments show clearly that genes segregate" [v] separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation; "This neighborhood is segregated"; "We don't segregate in this county" Synonyms | Synonyms for Segregate: Related Terms | Find terms related to Segregate: See Also | discriminate | divide | insulate | isolate | part | separate | separate | single out Segregate In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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. \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. |
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