Separate /(?)/

Sep·a·rate

Separate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Separated; p. pr. & vb. n. Separating

  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.
    — Gen. xiii. 9.
    Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
    — Rom. viii. 35.
  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.
    — Acts xiii. 2.

Phrases & Compounds
Separated flowers
flowers which have stamens and pistils in separate flowers; diclinous flowers.

Separate

v. i.
  1. To part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from one another; as, the family separated.

Separate

p. a.
  1. Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; -- said of things once connected.
    Him that was separate from his brethren.
    — Gen. xlix. 26.
  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.
    — Heb. vii. 26.
  3. Disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate spirit; the separate state of souls.

Phrases & Compounds
Separate estate
an estate limited to a married woman independent of her husband.
Separate maintenance
an allowance made to a wife by her husband under deed of separation.