Separate

• POS: Adjective, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: sep=a=rate

CIDE DICTIONARY

Separate, v. t. [L. separatus, p. p. of separare to separate; pfref. se- aside + parare to make ready, prepare. See Parade, and cf. Sever.].

•  To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.  [1913 Webster]

  "From the fine gold I separate the alloy."  [1913 Webster]

  "Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me."  [1913 Webster]

  "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?"  [1913 Webster]
•  To come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa.  [1913 Webster]
•  To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.  [1913 Webster]

  "Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called thaem."  [1913 Webster]

Separated flowers (Bot.), flowers which have stamens and pistils in separate flowers; diclinous flowers. Gray.

Separate, v. i. 

 To part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from one another; as, the family separated.  [1913 Webster]

Separate, p. a. [L. separatus, p. p. ].

•  Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; -- said of things once connected.  [1913 Webster]

  "Him that was separate from his brethren."  [1913 Webster]
•  Unconnected; not united or associated; distinct; -- said of things that have not been connected.  [1913 Webster]

  "For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinnere."  [1913 Webster]
•  Disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate spirit; the separate state of souls.  [1913 Webster]

Separate 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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Separate, adj., n., & v.
--adj. (often foll. by from) forming a unit that is or may be regarded as apart or by itself; physically disconnected, distinct, or individual (living in separate rooms; the two questions are essentially separate).
--n.
1 (in pl.) separate articles of clothing suitable for wearing together in various combinations.
2 an offprint.
--v.
1 tr. make separate, sever, disunite.
2 tr. prevent union or contact of.
3 intr. go different ways, disperse.
4 intr. cease to live together as a married couple.
5 intr. (foll. by from) secede.
6 tr. a divide or sort (milk, ore, fruit, light, etc.) into constituent parts or sizes. b (often foll. by out) extract or remove (an ingredient, waste product, etc.) by such a process for use or rejection.
7 tr. US discharge, dismiss.

Derivative

separately adv. separateness n. separative adj. separatory adj.

Etymology

L separare separat- (as SE-, parare make ready)

THESAURUS

Separate

aberrate, abrupt, aggravate, agree to differ, agree to disagree, alien, alienate, alienated, alone, aloof, analyze, anatomize, apart, assay, assort, assorted, asunder, at odds, at variance, atomize, autarchic, autarkic, autonomous, be at variance, be in dissent, beg to differ, bifurcate, bipartite, bolt, bound, branch, break down, break up, break with, broach, cast off, cast out, categorize, change, chink, chop logic, circumscribe, clarify, classify, clear, cleave, cloistered, close off, codify, collate, comb, come apart, come between, companionless, compartment, contradistinguish, contrary, contrasted, contrasting, cordon, cordon off, crack, crevasse, cull out, cut, cut adrift, cut off, cut open, cut out, deactivate, debrief, decrassify, delete, demarcate, demark, demob, demobilize, depart, departing, deploy, depurate, desynonymize, detach, detached, deviating, deviative, dichotomize, dichotomous, differ, difference, different, differentiate, differentiated, differing, disaccordant, disaffect, disagree, disagree with, disagreeing, disarticulate, disassemble, disband, discharge, disconnect, disconnected, discontinue, discontinuous, discord with, discordant, discrepant, discrete, discriminate, discriminated, disengage, disengaged, disentangle, disequalize, disintegrate, disjoin, disjoined, disjoint, disjunct, dismiss, disorganize, disparate, dispart, dispel, disperse, disrelated, dissect, dissent, dissent from, dissever, dissimilar, dissociate, dissociated, dissolve, dissonant, distill, distinct, distinctive, distinguish, distinguished, disunify, disunite, divaricate, diverge, divergent, diverging, divers, diverse, diversified, diversify, divide, divide on, divide up, divided, divorce, draw the line, drop out, edulcorate, eject, elute, enclose, enisle, essentialize, estrange, exotic, expel, extract, extraneous, fall out, fan out, fan the flame, fence off, filter, filtrate, fissure, fly open, foreign, fork, free, friendless, ghettoize, gin, go away, go off, go separate ways, gradate, grade, grant a divorce, grant an annulment, group, halve, have a falling-out, heterogeneous, homeless, in a backwater, in disagreement, in two, inaccordant, incise, incoherent, incommensurable, incomparable, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, independent, individual, individualize, individuate, inharmonious, insular, insulate, interspace, interval, irreconcilable, irrelative, irritate, island, isolate, isolated, keep apart, keep aside, kithless, lay aside, lay open, leach, leave, let go, light the fuse, limit, lixiviate, lone, lonely, lonesome, make a distinction, make a space, make trouble, many, mark, mark off, mark out, mark the interface, modify, motley, multifarious, muster out, noncohesive, not agree, obtain a divorce, one, only, ope, open, open up, oppose, organize, other, out-of-the-way, out-of-the-world, outlandish, outspread, panel, part, part company, particular, particularize, partition, partitioned, peculiar, percolate, personalize, pick out, pit against, poles apart, poles asunder, provoke, pull away, pull back, pull out, purify, put aside, put asunder, put away, quarantine, quarantined, quarter, rank, rectify, reduce, reduce to elements, refine, refine a distinction, release, remote, remove, removed, rent, resolve, retired, riddle, rift, rip, rive, rope off, rupture, scatter, screen, screen out, seal off, secede, seclude, secluded, segment, segregate, segregated, select, separated, sequester, sequestered, set a limit, set against, set apart, set aside, set at intervals, set at odds, set at variance, set off, set on, sever, several, severalize, shut off, sic on, sieve, sieve out, sift, sift out, single out, single-handed, size, slit, sole, solitary, solo, sort, sort out, sovereign, sow dissension, space, space out, specialize, spiritualize, splay, split, split hairs, split up, spread, spread out, spring open, stand aloof, stand apart, stand aside, step aside, stir up trouble, strain, strange, subdivide, sublimate, sublime, subordinate, subtilize, subtract, sue for divorce, sunder, surround, swing open, take exception, take issue, tap, tear, tear open, thrash, thresh, throw off, throw open, throw out, try, type, unabetted, unaccompanied, unaffiliated, unaided, unallied, unassisted, unassociated, unattached, unattended, unconformable, unconnected, uncouple, unequal, unescorted, unfrequented, unhook, unique, unjoined, unlike, unmarry, unravel, unrelatable, unrelated, unseconded, unsupported, untie the knot, unvisited, unyoke, variant, varied, variegated, various, vary, varying, wall off, widely apart, winnow, withdraw, withdrawn, withhold assent, worlds apart

ROGET THESAURUS

Separate

Disjunction

VB be disjoined, come off, fall off, come to pieces, fall to pieces, peel off, get loose, disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite, dissociate, dispair, divorce, part, dispart, detach, separate, cut off, rescind, segregate, set apart, keep apart, insulate, isolate, throw out of gear, cut adrift, loose, unloose, undo, unbind, unchain, unlock, unpack, unravel, disentangle, set free, sunder, divide, subdivide, sever, dissever, abscind, circumcise, cut, incide, incise, saw, snip, nib, nip, cleave, rive, rend, slit, split, splinter, chip, crack, snap, break, tear, burst, rend, rend asunder, rend in twain, wrench, rupture, shatter, shiver, cranch, crunch, craunch, chop, cut up, rip up, hack, hew, slash, whittle, haggle, hackle, discind, lacerate, scamble, mangle, gash, hash, slice, cut up, carve, dissect, anatomize, dislimb, take to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, tear to pieces, tear to tatters, tear piecemeal, tear limb from limb, divellicate, skin, disintegrate, dismember, disbranch, disband, disperse, dislocate, disjoint, break up, mince, comminute, apportion, part, part company, separate, leave, be disjoined, come off, fall off, come to pieces, fall to pieces, peel off, get loose, disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite, dissociate, dispair, divorce, part, dispart, detach, separate, cut off, rescind, segregate, set apart, keep apart, insulate, isolate, throw out of gear, cut adrift, loose, unloose, undo, unbind, unchain, unlock, unpack, unravel, disentangle, set free, sunder, divide, subdivide, sever, dissever, abscind, circumcise, cut, incide, incise, saw, snip, nib, nip, cleave, rive, rend, slit, split, splinter, chip, crack, snap, break, tear, burst, rend, rend asunder, rend in twain, wrench, rupture, shatter, shiver, cranch, crunch, craunch, chop, cut up, rip up, hack, hew, slash, whittle, haggle, hackle, discind, lacerate, scamble, mangle, gash, hash, slice, cut up, carve, dissect, anatomize, dislimb, take to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, tear to pieces, tear to tatters, tear piecemeal, tear limb from limb, divellicate, skin, disintegrate, dismember, disbranch, disband, disperse, dislocate, disjoint, break up, mince, comminute, apportion, part, part company, separate, leave.

N disjunction, disconnection, disunity, disunion, disassociation, disengagement, discontinuity, abjunction, cataclasm, inconnection, abstraction, abstractedness, isolation, insularity, insulation, oasis, island, separateness, severalty, disjecta membra, dispersion, apportionment, separation, parting, circumcision, detachment, segregation, divorce, sejunction, seposition, diduction, diremption, discerption, elision, caesura, break, fracture, division, subdivision, rupture, compartition, dismemberment, dislocation, luxation, severance, disseverance, scission, rescission, abscission, laceration, dilaceration, disruption, abruption, avulsion, divulsion, section, resection, cleavage, fission, partibility, separability, fissure, breach, rent, split, rift, crack, slit, incision, dissection anatomy, decomposition, cutting instrument, buzzsaw, circular saw, rip saw, separatist, disjoined, discontinuous, multipartite, abstract, disjunctive, secant, isolated, insular, separate, disparate, discrete, apart, asunder, far between, loose, free, unattached, unannexed, unassociated, unconnected, distinct, adrift, straggling, rift, reft, scissile, divisible, discerptible, partible, separable, separately, one by one, severally, apart, adrift, asunder, in twain, in the abstract, abstractedly.

Exclusion

VB be excluded from, exclude, bar, leave out, shut out, bar out, reject, repudiate, blackball, lay apart, put apart, set apart, lay aside, put aside, relegate, segregate, throw overboard, strike off, strike out, neglect, banish, separate, pass over, omit, garble, eliminate, weed, winnow, be secluded, live secluded, keep aloof, stand, hold oneself aloof, keep in the background, stand in the background, keep snug, shut oneself up, deny oneself, seclude oneself creep into a corner, rusticate, aller planter ses choux, retire, retire from the world, take the veil, abandon, sport one's oak, cut, cut dead, refuse to associate with, refuse to acknowledge, look cool upon, turn one's back upon, shut the door upon, repel, blackball, excommunicate, exclude, exile, expatriate, banish, outlaw, maroon, ostracize, proscribe, cut off from, send to Coventry, keep at arm's length, draw a cordon round, depopulate, dispeople, unpeople.

bisection

VB bisect, halve, divide, split, cut in two, cleave dimidiate, dichotomize, go halves, divide with, separate, fork, bifurcate, branch off, out, ramify.

Apportionment

VB apportion, divide, distribute, administer, dispense, billet, allot, detail, cast, share, mete, portion out, parcel out, dole out, deal, carve, allocate, ration, ration out, assign, separate, partition, assign, appropriate, appoint, come in for one's share.

Divorce

VB live separate, separate, divorce, disespouse, put away, wear the horns.

Discrimination

VB discriminate, distinguish, severalize, recognize, match, identify, separate, draw the line, sift, separate the chaff from the wheat, winnow the chaff from the wheat, separate the men from the boys, split hairs, draw a fine line, nitpick, quibble, estimate, know which is which, know what is what, know 'a hawk from a handsaw', take into account, take into consideration, give due weight to, allow due weight to, weigh carefully.