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Webster 1913 Edition

Isolate

I′so-late

(ī′sō̍-lāt or īs′ō̍-lāt; 277)

,

Verb.

T.

[

imp. & p. p.

Isolated

(ī′sō̍-lāˊtĕd)

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Isolating

(ī′sō̍-lāˊtĭng)

.]

[It.

isolato

, p. p. of

isolare

to isolate, fr.

isola

island, L.

insula

. See 2d

, and cf.

.]

Short

isolated

sentences were the mode in which ancient wisdom delighted to convey its precepts.

Bp. Warburton.

2.

(Elec.)

To insulate. See

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Isolate

IS'OLATE

,

Verb.

T.

To place in a detached situation; to place by itself; to insulate.