Separate

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.

II. Separate ·p.a. Disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate spirit; the separate state of souls.

III. Separate ·p.a. Unconnected; not united or associated; distinct;

— said of things that have not been connected.

IV. Separate ·p.a. Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated;

— said of things once connected.

V. Separate ·vi To Part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from one another; as, the family separated.

VI. Separate ·vt To come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa.

VII. Separate ·vt To Disunite; to Divide; to Disconnect; to Sever; to part in any manner.

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