SEPARATE

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

2. separate ·p.a. disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate spirit; the separate state of souls.

3. separate ·p.a. unconnected; not united or associated; distinct;

— said of things that have not been connected.

4. separate ·p.a. divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated;

— said of things once connected.

5. separate ·vi to part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from one another; as, the family separated.

6. separate ·vt to come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the mediterranean sea separates europe and africa.

7. separate ·vt to disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.