1. (a.) Separate; select.

2. (a.) Separated from others of the same kind.

3. (v. t.) To separate from others; to set apart.

4. (v. i.) To separate from a mass, and collect together about centers or along lines of fracture, as in the process of crystallization or solidification.

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