seg·re·gate (s?g?r?-g?t?)v. seg·re·gat·ed, seg·re·gat·ing, seg·re·gates v.tr.1. To separate or isolate from others or from a main body or group. See Synonyms at isolate.2. To cause (people or institutions, for example) to be separated on the basis of race, sex, religion, or another factor.v.intr.1. To become separated or distinguished: animals that segregate into male and female herds when not in mating season.2. To practice a policy of racial segregation.3. Genetics To undergo genetic segregation.adj. (-g?t, -g?t?) Separated; isolated.n. (-g?t, -g?t?)1. One that is or has been segregated.2. Genetics See segregant.[Latin s?greg?re, s?greg?t- : s?-, apart; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots + grex, greg-, flock; see ger- in Indo-European roots.]seg?re·ga?tive adj.seg?re·ga?tor n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.segregate (?s??r???e?t) vb1. to set or be set apart from others or from the main group2. (Sociology) (tr) to impose segregation on (a racial or minority group)3. (Metallurgy) genetics metallurgy to undergo or cause to undergo segregation[C16: from Latin s?greg?re, from s?- apart + grex a flock] segregable adj ?segre?gative adj ?segre?gator nCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014seg?re?gate (v. ?s?g r??ge?t; n. -g?t, -?ge?t) v. -gat?ed, -gat?ing, n. v.t. 1. to separate or set apart from others; isolate. 2. to require, often with force, the separation of (a specific racial, religious, or other group) from the body of society. v.i. 3. to become segregated. 4. to practice or require segregation, esp. racial segregation. 5. (of allelic genes) to separate during meiosis. n. 6. a segregated thing, person, or group. [1535?45;