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Definition of Separate off
1. Verb. Partition by means of a divider, such as a screen. "Screen off this part of the room"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Separate Off
Literary usage of Separate off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Land Systems of British India: Being a Manual of the Land-tenures and of by Baden Henry Baden-Powell (1892)
"We may also separate off the districts ' Scheduled ' under Act XIV of 1874.
These are—(1) Jhansi Division districts—Jhansi, Lalitpur, and Jalaun ; (2) the ..."
2. The Land-systems of British India: Being a Manual of the Land-tenures and of by Baden Henry Baden-Powell (1892)
"We may also separate off the districts ' Scheduled ' under Act XIV of 1874.
These are—(1) Jhansi Division districts—Jhansi, Lalitpur, and Jalaun ; (2) the ..."
3. A Zulu-English Dictionary with Notes on Pronunciation: A Revised Orthography by Alfred T. Bryant (1905)
"separate off, break off, cut off, tear off, or otherwise remove a piece (ace.),
portion, fragment, or section from the whole (used of things of a '.so/if' ..."
4. A Zulu-English Dictionary with Notes on Pronunciation: A Revised Orthography by Alfred T. Bryant (1905)
"separate off, break off, cut off, tear off, or otherwise remove a piece (ace.),
portion, fragment, or section from the whole (used of things of a 'soft' ..."
5. The Control of Life by John Arthur Thomson (1921)
"It is unnecessary to linger any longer over preliminaries, provided it be clear
that it is only for purposes of convenience that we can separate off ..."
6. A Course of Elementary Practical Bacteriology: Including Bacteriological by Alfredo Antunes Kanthack, John Hannah Drysdale (1896)
"(20) separate off the alcohol and dry as «bore. ... (28) separate off the alcohol,
and dry as above. ..."
7. The Conquest of Cancer: A Plan of Campaign, Being an Account of the by Caleb Williams Saleeby (1907)
"By the first few cleavages of the egg, usually the first three to five, she can
separate off portions as cells, endowed solely with the powers of producing ..."
8. The Cambrian (1892)
"It is as great a mistake, on the other hand, for the theologian to separate off
the ship from the passengers as for the naturalist to separate off the ..."