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separate

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  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.