Separate
Separate , transitive verb
[Latin separatus, past participle of separare to separate; pfref. se- aside + parare to make ready, prepare. See Parade, and compare Sever.]
1.
To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.
From the fine gold I separate the alloy.
Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
2.
To come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa.
3.
To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.
Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called thaem.
Collocations (1)
Separated flowers (Botany) , flowers which have stamens and pistils in separate flowers; diclinous flowers. — Gray
Separate , intransitive verb
To part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from one another; as, the family separated.
Separate , past participle (adjectival)
[Latin separatus, p. p. ]
1.
Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; -- said of things once connected.
Him that was separate from his brethren.
2.
Unconnected; not united or associated; distinct; -- said of things that have not been connected.
For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinnere.
3.
Disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate spirit; the separate state of souls.
Collocations (2)
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.