separate
Definitions
General English
General Science
- adjective distinct and not related
- verb to move or keep something apart
- verb to distinguish one thing from another
- verb to divide or split something into its parts
Aviation
- verb to set or keep apart
Food
- verb to take one part of a substance away from the whole, e.g. to take the yolk from a whole egg or cream from whole milk
Medical
- adjective not touching, together or in the same place
- verb to move two or more people or things apart
Publishing
- noun a single article from a journal which is reprinted separately
Origin & History of “separate”
Etymologically, separate means ‘arrange apart’. It comes from the past participle of Latin sēparāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix sē- ‘apart’ and parāre ‘arrange (in advance), furnish, make ready’ (source also of English prepare). Sever is essentially the same word as separate, in reduced form.
