Category:Segregate

Seg"re*gate, a. Etym: [l. segregatus, p. p. of segregare to separate; Pref. se- aside + grex, gregis, a flock or herd. See gregarious.]

1. Separate; select.

2. (bot.)

Defn: separated from others of the same kind.

Segregate Seg"re*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Segregated; p. pr. & vb. n. Segregating.]

Defn: to separate from others; to set apart. They are still segregated, christians from christians, under odious Designations. I. Taylor.

Segregate Seg"re*gate, v. i. (geol.)

Defn: to separate from a mass, and collect together about centers or Along lines of fracture, as in the process of crystallization or Solidification.