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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Discriminate

/dĭs-krĭm'-ən-ātˌ/ · Dis·crim·i·nate · IPA /dɪˈskɹɪm.əˌneɪt/
01 a. Having the difference marked; distinguished by certain tokens.
  1. 1.
    Having the difference marked; distinguished by certain tokens.
02 v. t. To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish.
imp. & p. p. Discriminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Discriminating
  1. 1.
    To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish.
    “To discriminate the goats from the sheep.” — Barrow.
03 v. i. To make a difference or distinction; to distinguish accurately; as, in judging of evidence, we should be careful to discriminate between pr…
  1. 1.
    To make a difference or distinction; to distinguish accurately; as, in judging of evidence, we should be careful to discriminate between probability and slight presumption.
  2. 2.
    To treat unequally.(Railroads)