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Segregate

Segregate Meaning & Definition
Segregate Definition And Meaning

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"

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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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