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Political prisoners from other countries were held at Berga separate from the Americans.

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  1. transitive verb To set or keep apart; disunite.
  2. transitive verb To space apart; scatter: small farms that were separated one from another by miles of open land.
  3. transitive verb To sort: separate mail by postal zones.
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  • Even though the original building was not built for another five years, the services started after the Rev. Joseph Jaworski answered the request for an independent church, separate from the German Methodist Church. —  The Gazette-Enterprise: News
  • The Final Settlement Treaty ended Berlin's special status as a separate area under Four Power control.
  • Reuters: Russia would be willing to discuss a new missile defense structure with the United States but sees Iran's nuclear program as a separate issue, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.
  • No need for a separate washbasin, and saves a fair amount of water. —  cityofsound
  • Yup you're stuttering and BSOD does sound like a separate issue unfortunately. —  Discussions: Message List - root
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  1. Middle English separaten, from Latin sēparātus, past participle of sēparāre : sē-, apart; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots + parāre, to prepare; see perə-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin separatus, past participle of separare (later Italian separare = Spanish Portuguese separar = Provencal separar, sebrar = French séparer and sevrer (later English sever)), separate (cf. separ, separate, different), from se -, apart, + parare, provide, arrange: see se- and pare. Cf. sever.
  2. from Latin separatus, past participle of separare, separate: see separate, v.
 

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