Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Segregate

Seg′re-gate

,
Adj.
[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

,
Verb.
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

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Segregate

SEG'REGATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. segrego; se, from, and grex, flock.] To separate from others; to set apart.

SEG'REGATE

,
Adj.
Select. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


segregate

segregate

English

Adjective

segregate (comparative more segregate, superlative most segregate)

  1. Separate; select.
  2. (botany) Separated from others of the same kind.

Verb

segregate (third-person singular simple present segregates, present participle segregating, simple past and past participle segregated)

  1. To separate, used especially of social policies that directly or indirectly keep races or ethnic groups apart.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

Anagrams


Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /se.gre'ga.te/

Verb

segregate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of segregare
  2. second-person plural imperative of segregare
  3. feminine plural of segregato

Anagrams


Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /seː.ɡreˈɡaː.te/, [seː.ɡrɛˈɡaː.tɛ]

Verb

sēgregāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of sēgregō