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separating |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Separate \Sep"a*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Separated}; p. pr & vb n. {Separating}.] [L. separatus p. p. of separare to separate; pfref se- aside + parare to make ready, prepare. See {Parade}, and cf {Sever}.] 1. To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner. From the fine gold I separate the alloy. --Dryden. Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me --Gen. xiii. 9. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? --Rom. viii. 35. 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. 2. {Separated flowers} (Bot.), flowers which have stamens and pistils in separate flowers; diclinous flowers. --Gray. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Separating \Sep"a*ra`ting\, a. Designed or employed to separate. {Separating funnel} (Chem.), a funnel, often globe-shaped, provided with a stopcock for the separate drawing off of immiscible liquids of different specific gravities.
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