Discriminate | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Dis-crim'i-nāte, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. DISCRIMINATED; p. pr. & vb. n. DISCRIMINATING.] [Lat. discriminare, discriminatum, from discrimen, division, distinction, contracted from discernem, from discernere. See DISCERN.]

To set apart as being different; to separate; to distinguish; as, in the last judgment, the righteous will be discriminated from the wicked.
To mark as different; to distinguish by a peculiar note or sign. Cooper.

Dis-crim'i-nāte, v. i.

verbintransitive

To make a difference or distinction; to distinguish accurately; to judge with nicety; as, in judging of evidence, we should be careful to discriminate between probability and slight presumption.

Dis-crim'i-nate, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. discriminatus, p. p. of discriminare. See supra.] Distinguished; having the difference marked. Bacon.