Segregate



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• v. 隔离
• ［英］ v. 隔离 ( to separate or set apart from others)
• ［记］ se ( 分开) +greg ( 团体) +ate -> 和团体分开 -> 隔离;
• ［同］ 参考: aggregate ( 集合)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (-gated; -gating)

• Etymology: Latin segregatus, past participle of segregare, from se- apart + greg-, grex herd — more at secede
• Date: 1542
• transitive verb
  • 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 verb
  • 1. separate, withdraw
  • 2. to practice or enforce a policy of segregation
  • 3. to undergo genetic segregation
• ? segregative adjective

II. noun

• Date: 1871
• one that is in some respect segregated; especially one that differs genetically from the parental line because of genetic segregation

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