Main Entry: segregate
Function: verb
Etymology: Latin segregatus, past participle of segregare, from se- apart + greg-, grex herd -- more at SECEDE
transitive senses
1 : to separate or set apart from others or from the general mass : ISOLATE
2 : to cause or force the separation of (as from the rest of society)
intransitive senses
1 : SEPARATE, WITHDRAW
2 : to practice or enforce a policy of segregation
3 : to undergo genetic segregation
- seg·re·ga·tive /-"gA-tiv/ adjective