SEPARABLE
Sep"a*ra*ble, a. Etym: [L. separabilis: cf. F. séparable.]
Defn: Capable of being separated, disjoined, disunited, or divided; as, the separable parts of plants; qualities not separable from the substance in which they exist. — Sep"a*ra*ble*ness, n. — Sep"a*ra*bly, adv. Trials permit me not to doubt of the separableness of a yellow tincture from gold. Boyle.
SEPARATE
Sep"a*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Separated (; p. pr. & vb. n.
Separating.] Etym: [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.
From the fine gold I separate the alloy. Dryden.
Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me. Gen. xiii. 9.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ Rom. viii. 35.
2. To come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa.
3. To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service. Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called thaem. Acts xiii. 2. Separated flowers (Bot.), flowers which have stamens and pistils in separate flowers; diclinous flowers. Gray.
SEPARATE
Sep"a*rate, v. i.
Defn: To part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from one another; as, the family separated.
SEPARATE
Sep"a*rate, p. a. Etym: [L. separatus, p. p. ]
1. Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; — said of things once connected. Him that was separate from his brethren. Gen. xlix. 26.