transitive (with that which is separated as object.) To separate or drive off (lighter or refuse particles) by the process described in sense 1; figur…

transitive. To separate (one thing) from another or others; to set apart; to distinguish. Often with out. Obsolete or archaic.

= distinguish, v. (in various senses).

absol. To make separation or distinction (between). (In quot. 1377, To make distinctions, as in logic: = distinguish, v. 8; cf. division, n. 3 6.)

To separate in perception or thought; to discern apart, distinguish. Obsolete.

To separate mentally, distinguish. Obsolete.

To separate in thought or idea; to distinguish, treat as distinct; to mark off from.

transitive. To apprehend with the mind; to become aware or conscious of; to realize; to discern, observe. Also (occasionally) intransitive.

To judge between (things), to distinguish, discern. Obsolete.

transitive. To separate (two or more things) as being distinct from one another; to make or render different, differentiate; to divide (one thing)…

transferred and figurative.

To separate or distinguish (from something else). Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To distinguish from surrounding objects, etc., by using the senses; to descry.

To see distinctly (with the eyes or the mind); to distinguish (an object or fact); to discern.

transitive. Of a person: to mark or perceive that (something) differs from something else; to distinguish, to differentiate. Obsolete.

To make or draw a distinction; to perceive or note the difference between things; to exercise… with between: = 4 (The usual construction.)

transitive. To separate or distinguish (from). Cf. severize, v.

To put asunder in thought, to distinguish, treat as distinct. Also with off.

transitive. To separate; now only, to separate in thought; to place in a separate category, distinguish, discriminate.

transitive. To trace or pursue (a parallel, resemblance, etc.); (also) to draw (a distinction).

To separate by definition, to distinguish by special marks or characteristics (from). rare.

transitive. To set aside, separate. To segregate, separate in thought from the surroundings.

transitive. To identify or assert the difference between; to make a distinction between; to distinguish (something) from something else.

figurative. To separate mentally, distinguish (one thing from another). rare.