 2 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Separate \Sep"a*rate\, verb (used with an object) [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}.]
1. 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.
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.
{Separated flowers} (Bot.), flowers which have stamens and
pistils in separate flowers; diclinous flowers. --Gray.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Separating \Sep"a*ra'ting\, adjective
Designed or employed to separate.
{Separating funnel} (Chem.), a funnel, often globe-shaped,
provided with a stopcock for the separate drawing off of
immiscible liquids of different specific gravities.
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