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/sˈɛpərˌeɪt/ /sˈɛpərɪt/ /sˈɛprət/ Listen

adjective

Separate adj.

1.

Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; said of things once connected. "Him that was separate from his brethren."

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."

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.

verb

Separate v. t. (past & past part. separated; pres. part. separating)

1.

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner. "From the fine gold I separate the alloy." "Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me." "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?"

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."

Separated flowers (Bot.), flowers which have stamens and pistils in separate flowers; diclinous flowers.

Separate v. i. To part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from one another; as, the family separated.

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Etymology of 'Separate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Separate" Quotes from Famous Books

... Winkle brothers started out rather late in life to make men of themselves. Inasmuch as they elected to start in separate and distinct grooves and as their courses were not what you might call parallel, we are likely to gain time and satisfaction by taking them up one at a time. We must not lose sight of the fact that they set out to acquire three separate and ...

— Her Weight in Gold • George Barr McCutcheon

... deer as well as birds in plenty—and some to explore. Leif made a rule that no more than half his party should be away at one time, and that none should wander so far as that he could not win back by nightfall, nor separate himself from hail of the others who were with him. So the time wore on and the seasons changed. A mellow autumn gave way to a mild winter in which came no iron frost, and very little snow. If they had had cattle with them, ...

— Gudrid the Fair - A Tale of the Discovery of America • Maurice Hewlett

... grow I know sweeter every year, but it is too big ever to be perfect and to get to look so immaculate that the diseased imagination conjures up visions of housemaids issuing forth each morning in troops and dusting every separate flower with feather brushes. Nature herself is untidy, and in a garden she ought to come first, and Art with her brooms and clipping-shears follow humbly behind. Art has such a good time in the house, where she ...

— The Solitary Summer • Elizabeth von Arnim

... truth. She communicates so many things which actually happened that it reads like a 'special correspondent' in some country town writing for a Sunday morning's paper,—and with, to a moral certainty, the word 'separate' lurking somewhere spelt with three E's, and an 'always' with two L's, and at least one 'alright.' No, my dear, I am at present too busy expressing my adoration for you to be exposed to such ...

— The Cords of Vanity • James Branch Cabell et al

... had been taught to build stone houses, they took separate ways. My people were the Snake people. They lived in snake skins, each family occupying a separate snake skin bag. All were hung on the end of a rainbow which swung around until the end touched Navajo ...

— Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest • Katharine Berry Judson

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