Meaning of SEGREGATE
| Pronunciation: | | [n]'segrugit, [v]'segru`geyt, 'segru`geyt
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- [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"
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| | Antonyms: | | desegregate, integrate, mix | | |
| | See Also: | | discriminate, divide, insulate, isolate, part, separate, separate, single out | |
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\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.
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