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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, especially racial segregation.
5.
Genetics. (of allelic genes) to separate during meiosis.
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Segregable
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| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
noun
6.
a segregated thing, person, or group.
Origin:
1400–50 in sense “segregated”; 1535–45 as transitive v.; late Middle English segregat < Latin sēgregātus (past participle of sēgregāre to part from the flock), equivalent to sē- se- + greg- (stem of grex flock) + -ātus -ate1; see gregarious
1400–50 in sense “segregated”; 1535–45 as transitive v.; late Middle English segregat < Latin sēgregātus (past participle of sēgregāre to part from the flock), equivalent to sē- se- + greg- (stem of grex flock) + -ātus -ate1; see gregarious
Related forms
seg·re·ga·tive, adjective
non·seg·re·ga·ble, adjective
non·seg·re·ga·tive, adjective
re·seg·re·gate, verb, -gat·ed, -gat·ing.
EXPANDAntonyms
1. integrate.
1. integrate.
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segregate
1540s, from L. segregatus, pp. of segregare "separate from the flock, isolate, divide," from *se gregare, from se "apart from" (see secret) + grege, ablative of grex "herd, flock." Originally often with reference to the religious notion of separating the flock of the godly from sinners.
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