SEPARATE

separate. Separate, v.t. to divide, disjoin, part, set apart

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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. 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. 2. To come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa.
3. 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.