Hypertext Webster Gateway: "segregate"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Segregate \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Segregate \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Segregate \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

segregate
v : separate by race or religion; "This neighborhood is
segregated" [ant: {desegregate}]


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