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seg·re·gat·ed       [seg-ri-gey-tid] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.characterized by or practicing racial segregation: a segregated school system.
2.restricted to one group, esp. exclusively on the basis of racial or ethnic membership: segregated neighborhoods.
3.maintaining separate facilities for members of different, esp. racially different, groups: segregated education.
4.discriminating against a group, esp. on the basis of race: a segregated economy.
5.set apart.
[Origin: 1645–55; segregate + -ed2]

—Related forms
seg·re·gat·ed·ly, adverb
seg·re·gat·ed·ness, noun
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seg·re·gate       [v. seg-ri-geyt; n. seg-ri-git, -geyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -gat·ed, -gat·ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1.to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate: to segregate exceptional children; to segregate hardened criminals.
2.to require, often with force, the separation of (a specific racial, religious, or other group) from the general body of society.
–verb (used without object)
3.to separate, withdraw, or go apart; separate from the main body and collect in one place; become segregated.
4.to practice, require, or enforce segregation, esp. racial segregation.
5.Genetics. (of allelic genes) to separate during meiosis.
–noun
6.a segregated thing, person, or group.
[Origin: 1400–50 in sense “segregated”; 1535–45 as transit. v.; late ME segregat < L ségregātus (ptp. of ségregāre to part from the flock), equiv. to sé- se- + greg- (s. of grex flock) + -ātus -ate1; see gregarious]

—Related forms
seg·re·ga·ble       [seg-ri-guh-buhl] Pronunciation Key, adjective
seg·re·ga·tive, adjective

—Antonyms 1. integrate.
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seg·re·gate       (sěg'rĭ-gāt')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   seg·re·gat·ed, seg·re·gat·ing, seg·re·gates

v.   tr.
  1. To separate or isolate from others or from a main body or group. See Synonyms at isolate.
  2. To impose the separation of (a race or class) from the rest of society.

v.   intr.
  1. To become separated from a main body or mass.
  2. To practice a policy of racial segregation.
  3. Genetics To undergo genetic segregation.

adj.   (-gĭt, -gāt')
Separated; isolated.

n.   (-gĭt, -gāt')
  1. One that is or has been segregated.
  2. Genetics See segregant.


[Latin sēgregāre, sēgregāt- : sē-, apart; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots + grex, greg-, flock; see ger- in Indo-European roots.]

seg're·ga'tive adj., seg're·ga'tor n.
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segregated

adjective
separated or isolated from others or a main group; "a segregated school system"; "a segregated neighborhood" [ant: integrated] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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