The Collaborative International Dictionary
Separate \Sep"a*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Separated; p. pr. & vb. n. Separating.] [L. separatus, p. p. of separare to separate; pfref. se- aside + parare to make ready, prepare. See Parade, and cf. Sever.]
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To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.
From the fine gold I separate the alloy.
--Dryden.Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me.
--Gen. xiii. 9.Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
--Rom. viii. 35. To come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa.
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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.Separated flowers (Bot.), flowers which have stamens and pistils in separate flowers; diclinous flowers.
--Gray.