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Definition: Separated flowers
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.
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From the fine gold I separate the alloy. --Dryden.
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Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me. --Gen. xiii.
9.
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Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
--Rom. viii.
35.
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2. To come between; to keep apart by occupying the space
between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea
separates Europe and Africa.
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3. To set apart; to select from among others, as for a
special use or service.
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Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto
I have called thaem. --Acts xiii.
2.
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Separated flowers (Bot.), flowers which have stamens and
pistils in separate flowers; diclinous flowers. --Gray.
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