separate
Cross references:
1. distinct 2. single
1. sep.a.rate \'sep-(*-).ra-t\ vb [ME separaten, fr. L separatus, pp. of
separare, fr. se-X apart + parare to prepare, procure - more at SECEDE,
PARE 1a: to set or keep apart : DISCONNECT, SEVER 1b: to make a
distinction between : DISCRIMINATE, DISTINGUISHM {~ religion from magic}
1c: SORT {~ mail} 1d: to disperse in space or time : SCATTER {widely
separated)X homesteads} archaic 2: to set aside for a special purpose :
CHOOSE, DEDICATE 3: to part by a legal separation : 3a: to sever conjugal
ties with 3b: to sever contractual relations with : DISCHARGE {separate d
from the army} 4: to block off : SEGREGATE 5: to isolate from a mixture :
EXTRACT {~ cream from milk)> 1: to become divided or detached 2a: to sever
an association : WITHDRAW 2b: to cease to live together as man and wife
3: to go in different directions 4: to become isolated from a mixture
DIVORCE mean to break into parts or to keep apart. SEPARATE may imply any
of several causes such as dispersion, removal of one from others, or
presence of an intervening thing; PART implies the separating of things or
persons in close union or association; DIVIDE implies separating into
pieces or sections by cutting or breaking; SEVER implies violence esp. in
the removal of a part or member; SUNDER suggests violent rending or
wrenching apart; DIVORCE implies separating two things that commonly
interact and belong together SYN syn SEPARATE, PART, DIVIDE, SEVER, SUNDER,
2. sep.a.rate \'sep-(*-)r*t\ \-(*-)r*t-le-, 'sep-*rt-le-\ \-(*-)r*t-n*s\ aj
archaic 1a: SOLITARY, SECLUDED 1b: DISEMBODIED, IMMATERIAL 1c: set or
kept apart : DETACHED 2a: not shared with another : INDIVIDUAL {~ rooms}
often cap 2b: estranged from a parent body {Separate churches} 3a:
existing by itself : AUTONOMOUS 3b: dissimilar in nature or identity -
sep.a.rate.ly av
3. sep.a.rate \'sep-(*-)r*t\ n 1: OFFPRINT 2: an article of dress designed
to be worn interchangeably with others to f orm various costume
combinations - usu. used in pl.