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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Segregate

/sĕ'grəgət/ · Seg·re·gate · IPA /ˈsɛɡɹəɡət/
01 a. Separate; select.
  1. 1.
    Separate; select.
  2. 2.
    Separated from others of the same kind.(Bot.)
02 v. t. To separate from others; to set apart.
imp. & p. p. Segregated; p. pr. & vb. n. Segregating
  1. 1.
    To separate from others; to set apart.
    “They are still segregated, Christians from Christians, under odious designations.” I. Taylor.
03 v. i. To separate from a mass, and collect together about centers or along lines of fracture, as in the process of crystallization or solidification.
  1. 1.
    To separate from a mass, and collect together about centers or along lines of fracture, as in the process of crystallization or solidification.(Geol.)