Definitions for: Segregate


[v] separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others; "the sun degregates the carbon"; "large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims"
[v] divide from the main body or mass and collect; "Many towns segregated into new counties"; "Experiments show clearly that genes segregate"
[v] separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation; "This neighborhood is segregated"; "We don't segregate in this county"



Webster (1913) Definition: Seg"re*gate, a. [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, v. 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, v. 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.

Antonyms: desegregate, integrate, mix

See Also: discriminate, divide, insulate, isolate, part, separate, separate, single out

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