SEGREGATE


Meaning of SEGREGATE in English

I. ˈsegrə̇]gə̇t, -rē], ]ˌgāt, usu -d.+V adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Latin segregatus, past participle of segregare to segregate

: segregated

the human animals were immovably segregate — G.B.Shaw

II. noun

( -s )

1. : an individual or class of individuals differing in one or more genetic characters from the parental line usually because of segregation of genes

attempts to develop tomato segregates resistant to early blight

2. : a taxonomic unit separated out from another of the same rank

segregates from the old genus Agromyza

III. ]ˌgāt, usu -ād.+V verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Etymology: Latin segregatus, past participle of segregare to set apart, segregate, from se- apart (from sed, se without) + greg-, grex flock, herd — more at idiot , gregarious

transitive verb

1. : to separate or set apart from others or from the general mass or main body : isolate

the scheme … to segregate in the foreign-aid bill all capital funds for neutrals — Haldore Hanson

resumed his research in segregating the pure vitamin — Current Biography

suggestions … for tracing and segregating the impact of various causal and accentuating factors — Clark Warburton

2. : to cause or force the separation of (as races or social classes) from the rest of society or from a larger group

municipal ordinances meant to segregate races were declared void — Paul Hartmann & Morton Puner

objections were raised to these schools on the ground that they tended to segregate Jewish children — Shlomo Katz

3. : to remove nondrying components from (a fatty oil) by winterizing or other methods

intransitive verb

1. : to separate or withdraw (as from others or from a main body)

observations were made … as to whether the solids and the liquid had segregated — R.A.Heindl & W.L.Pendergast

a community of a million inevitably segregates somewhat into classes … or castes — A.L.Kroeber

2. : to practice or enforce a policy of segregation

railroads admit that they segregate — Issue

unwillingness of prison officials to … segregate on an intelligent basis — C.R.Minor

3. : to separate during meiosis — used especially of allelic genes

the two genes at a given locus segregate from one another at meiosis — H.P.Riley

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