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Webster 1913 Edition
Separate
Sep′a-rate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Separated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Separating
.] 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 Africa3.
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.
Sep′a-rate
,Verb.
I.
To part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from one another;
as, the family
. separated
Sep′a-rate
,p.
Adj.
[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 soulsSeparate 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
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Separate
SEP'ARATE
,Verb.
T.
1. To disunite; to divide; to sever; to part, in almost any manner, either things naturally or casually joined. The parts of a solid substance may be separated by breaking, cutting or splitting, or by fusion, decomposition or natural dissolution. A compound body may be separated into its constituent parts. Friends may be separated by necessity, and must be separated by death. The prism separates the several kinds of colored rays. A riddle separates the chaff from the grain.
2. To set apart from a number for a particular service.