separating
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Separating \Sep"a*ra`ting\, a. Designed or employed to separate. [1913 Webster]
Separating funnel (Chem.), a funnel, often globe-shaped, provided with a stopcock for the separate drawing off of immiscible liquids of different specific gravities. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
From the fine gold I separate the alloy.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me.— Gen. xiii. 9.[1913 Webster]
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?— Rom. viii. 35.[1913 Webster]
2.To come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa. [1913 Webster]
3.To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service. [1913 Webster]
Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called thaem.— Acts xiii. 2.[1913 Webster]
Separated flowers (Bot.), flowers which have stamens and pistils in separate flowers; diclinous flowers. --Gray. [1913 Webster]