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separatist | separatest |

As a noun separatist

is separatist.

As a verb separatest is

(archaic) (separate).

separatist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who advocates separation from the established Church; a member of any of various sects or schismatics.
  • A person who advocates or seeks the splitting of one country or territory into two politically independent countries or territories.
  • On rare occasions French-Canadian separatists have resorted to violence.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Advocating ecclesiastical separation.
  • Advocating or seeking the separation of one country or territory into two politically independent countries or territories.
  • He is a Scottish nationalist and has a large collection of separatist literature.

    separatest

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (archaic) (separate)

  • separate

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).
  • This chair can be disassembled into five separate pieces.
  • Not together (with); not united (to).
  • I try to keep my personal life separate from work.

    Verb

    (separat)
  • To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
  • To disunite something from one thing; To disconnect.
  • * Dryden
  • From the fine gold I separate the alloy.
  • * Bible, Romans viii. 35
  • Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
  • To cause (things or people) to be separate.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
  • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […];  […]; or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment.}}
  • To divide itself into separate pieces or substances.
  • (obsolete) To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.
  • * Bible, Acts xiii. 2
  • Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

    Derived terms

    * separable * separately * separation * separational * separationism * separationist

    Antonyms

    * annex * combine

    See also

    * disunite * disconnect * divide * split * reduce * subtract

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (usually, in the plural) Anything that is sold by itself, especially an article of clothing.
  • Usage notes

    * The spelling is (separate). *(term) is a common misspelling.