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Definition of separate

Separate
Separate Sep"a*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Separated; p. pr. & vb. n. Separating.] [L. separatus, p. p. of separare to separate; pfref. se- aside + parare to make ready, prepare. See Parade, and cf. Sever.] 1. To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner. From the fine gold I separate the alloy. --Dryden. Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me. --Gen. xiii. 9. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? --Rom. viii. 35. 2. To come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa. 3. To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service. Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called thaem. --Acts xiii. 2. Separated flowers (Bot.), flowers which have stamens and pistils in separate flowers; diclinous flowers. --Gray.
Separate
Separate Sep"a*rate, v. i. To part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from one another; as, the family separated.
Separate
Separate Sep"a*rate, p. a. [L. separatus, p. p. ] 1. Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; -- said of things once connected. Him that was separate from his brethren. --Gen. xlix. 26. 2. Unconnected; not united or associated; distinct; -- said of things that have not been connected. For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinnere. --Heb. vii. 26. 3. Disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate spirit; the separate state of souls. Separate estate (Law), an estate limited to a married woman independent of her husband. Separate maintenance (Law), an allowance made to a wife by her husband under deed of separation. -- Sep"a*rate*ly, adv. -- Sep"a*rate*ness, n.

Meaning of separate from wikipedia

- doctrine of separation , belief among some protestant religious groups that the members of a church should be separate from 'the world'
- in canada, the term separate school refers to a particular type of school that has constitutional status in three provinces (ontario ,
- a single-family detached home, also called a single-detached dwelling or separate house is a free-standing residential building.
- among the first to make the demand for a separate state was the writer and philosopher allama iqbal , who, in his presidential address to
- which separated it from the bavaria n rhenish palatinate and alsace in modern france ; to the south by switzerland , and to the east by
- racial segregation in the united states has meant the physical separation and provision of separate facilities (especially during the jim
- the concept of separating church and state is often credited to the writings of english philosopher john locke (1632–1704 according to his
- under this model, the state is divided into branches, each with separate and independent powers and areas of responsibility so that no
- the key principle of plate tectonics is that the lithosphere exists as separate and distinct tectonic plate s, which ride on the fluid-like
- dioecy has evolved separately in many different lineages, and monoecy in the plant lineage correlates with the evolution of dioecy,