segregate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others

   The sun segregates the carbon.

2. 2
   verb

   divide from the main body or mass and collect

   Many towns segregated into new counties.

From Latin sēgregātus, perfect passive participle of sēgregō (“to separate”), from sē- (“apart”) + gregō (“to flock or group”), from grex (“flock”). Compare gregarious, aggregate.

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