Sep·a·rate p. a.
 1. Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; -- said of things once connected.
    Him that was separate from his brethren.   --Gen. xlix. 26.
 2. Unconnected; not united or associated; distinct; -- said of things that have not been connected.
    For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinnere.   --Heb. vii. 26.
 3. Disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate spirit; the separate state of souls.
 Separate estate Law, an estate limited to a married woman independent of her husband.
 Separate maintenance Law, an allowance made to a wife by her husband under deed of separation.
 -- Sep*a*rate*ly, adv. -- Sep*a*rate*ness, n.

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