separate
separate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 8 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Who shall separate us from the love of Christ Rom. viii.
- 2.2. To come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa.
- 3.To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service. Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called thaem. Acts xiii.
- 4.Separated flowers (Bot.), flowers which have stamens and pistils in separate flowers; diclinous flowers. Gray.
- 5.To part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from one another; as, the family separated.
- 6.Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; -- said of things once connected. Him that was separate from his brethren. Gen. xlix.
- 7.2. Unconnected; not united or associated; distinct; -- said of things that have not been connected. For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinnere. Heb. vii.
- 8.3. Disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate spirit; the separate state of souls. Separate estate (Law), an estate limited to a married woman independent of her husband. -- Separate maintenance (Law), an allowance made to a wife by her husband under deed of separation. -- Sep"a*rate*ly, adv. -- Sep"a*rate*ness, n.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- administer
- administration
- allocate
- allocation
- allot
- allotment
- allowance
- analysis
- analytical
- analyze
- annulment
- apart
- appoint
- appointment
- apportion
- apportionment
- appropriate
- appropriation
- aside
- assign
- assignment
- away
- banish
- bar
- bating
- billet
- blackball
- break
- carve
- cast
- catalysis
- catalytic
- cofferdam
- come
- consignment
- contingent
- corruption
- crumble
- cuckold
- deal
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is separate.
- What is who shall separate us from the love of Christ Rom. viii called?
- What is 2. To come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa called?
- What is to set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service. Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called thaem. Acts xiii called?
- What is separated flowers (Bot.), flowers which have stamens and pistils in separate flowers; diclinous flowers. Gray called?
- What is to part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from one another; as, the family separated called?
- What is divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; -- said of things once connected. Him that was separate from his brethren. Gen. xlix called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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