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    seg·re·gate
    verb[ˈseɡrəˌɡāt]
    segregate (verb) · segregates (third person present) · segregated (past tense) · segregated (past participle) · segregating (present participle)
    1. set apart from the rest or from each other; isolate or divide:
      "apprehensions about groups segregated from the rest of society"
      • separate or divide along racial, sexual, or religious lines:
        "Black people were segregated in churches, schools, and colleges"
    2. genetics
      (of pairs of alleles) be separated at meiosis and transmitted independently via separate gametes:
      "the gene pairs segregate at reduction division"
    noun[ˈseɡrəɡət]
    segregate (noun) · segregates (plural noun)
    1. genetics
      an allele that has undergone segregation.
    2. botany
      a species within an aggregate.
    Origin
    mid 16th century: from Latin segregat- ‘separated from the flock’, from the verb segregare, from se- ‘apart’ + grex, greg- ‘flock’.
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    verb
    1. set apart from the rest or from each other; isolate or divide:
      separate
      set apart
      sort out
      isolate
      quarantine
      insulate
      exclude
      closet
      protect
      shield
      partition
      divide
      detach
      disconnect
      sever
      divorce
      dissociate
      cut off
      sequester
      keep apart
      Opposite:
      amalgamate
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