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Webster 1913 Edition


Segregate

Seg′re-gate

,
Adj.
[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

,
Verb.
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

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Segregate

SEG'REGATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. segrego; se, from, and grex, flock.] To separate from others; to set apart.

SEG'REGATE

,
Adj.
Select. [Little used.]