[seg.re.gate] vb -gat.ed ; -gat.ing [L segregatus, pp. of segregare, fr. se- apart + greg-, grex herd--more at secede] vt (1542) 1: to separate or set apart from others or from the general mass: isolate
2: to cause or force the separation of (as from the rest of society) ~ vi 1: separate, withdraw
2: to practice or enforce a policy of segregation
3: to undergo genetic segregation -- seg.re.ga.tive adj
[2]seg.re.gate n (1871): one that is in some respect segregated; esp: one that differs genetically from the parental line because of genetic segregation