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Segregate

Sēg're-gāte, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. SEGREGATED; p. pr. & vb. n. SEGREGATING.] [Lat. segregare, segregatum, from se, aside, and gregare, to collect into a flock or herd, from grex, gregis, a flock or herd; It. segregare, Sp. & Pg. segregar, Pr. segregare, Fr. ségréger.] To separate from others; to set apart.

They are segregated, Christians from Christians, under odious designations. L. Taylor.

Sēg're-gāte, v. i.

verbintransitive

(Crystallog.) To separate from a mass and collect together about centers or along lines of fracture, as in the process of crystallization or solidification. Dana.

Sĕg're-gate, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. segregatus, p. p. of segregare. See supra.] Separate; select. [Obs.]

Segregate polygamy (Polygamia segregata, Linnaeus) (Bot.), a mode of inflorescence when several florets comprehended within a common calyx are furnished also with proper perianths.