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Set Apart

Definition: Set Apart

Set Apart

Verb

1. Select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher ssigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise".

2. Set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Set Apart

Synonyms: assign (v), isolate (v), keep apart (v), sequester (v), sequestrate (v), specify (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Set Apart

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Choice

Set apart, mark out for; mark.

Disjunction

Disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite, dissociate, dispair; divorce, part, dispart, detach, separate, cut off, rescind, segregate; set apart, keep apart; insulate, isolate; throw out of gear; cut adrift; loose; unloose, undo, unbind, unchain, unlock; (fix), unpack, unravel; disentangle; set free; (liberate).

Exclusion

Xclude, bar; leave out, shut out, bar out; reject, repudiate, blackball; lay apart, put apart, set apart, lay aside, put aside; relegate, segregate; throw overboard; strike off, strike out; neglect; banish; (seclude); separate.; (disjoin).

Store

Verb: store; put by, lay by, set by; stow away; set apart, lay apart; store treasure, hoard treasure, lay up, heap up, put up, garner up, save up; bank; cache; accumulate, amass, hoard, fund, garner, save.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Set Apart

English words defined with "set apart": allocate, apportionBurial groundconsecrate, consecrateddedicate, dedicated, Devotement, distinguishedfederal districtHospital Sundayinsulate, isolatekeep apartNavy yardPrivy purseScriptorium, Sepose, sequester, sequestrate, smoking room, spending moneyTo set aside, To set by. (references)
Specialty definitions using "set apart": CampaignersHinzelmannparking and mooring, Public-house SignsWedding Finger. (references)
Etymologies containing "set apart": Devotement. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Set Apart

DomainTitle

Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Set Apart

AuthorQuotation

Anarcharsis

The market is the place set apart where men may deceive each other.

John Greenleaf Whittier

The dreariest spot in all the land to Death they set apart; with scanty grace from Nature's hand, and none from that of Art.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Set Apart

TitleAuthorQuote

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Then, also, the blameless purity of her life during all these years in which she had been set apart to infamy, was reckoned largely in her favour.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

The archbishop, as officiating kislaraga of heaven, locked in, and zealously watched this seraglio of souls set apart for God.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Speeches: Set Apart

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989For two hundred years we have been set apart by our faith in the ideals of democracy, of free men and free markets, and of the extraordinary possibilities that lie within seemingly ordinary men and women.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derived & Related Names: Set Apart

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "set apart".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
AnathemaN/ABiblical

Set apart

NazariteN/ABiblical

One chosen or set apart

PhariseesN/ABiblical

Set apart

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Expression: Set Apart

Expression using "set apart": To set apart. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Set Apart

Language Translations for "set apart"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

vë mënjanë (hoard, lay aside, lay by, lay off, move aside, put aside, put by, salt away, save, set aside, set by, set down). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فصل (adjudge, adjudicate, arrive at a resolution, break, break up, cashier, cut, cut off, decide, decision, demarcation, detach, detail, determine, discharge, disconnect, disconnection, disentangle, disjoin, disjunction, dismiss, displace, displacement, dissociate, dissociate oneself from, dissociation, disunite, divide, division, elaborate, expel, fire, have a final word, isolate, isolation, itemize, judge, lay off, make a decision, part, particularize, parting, partition, remove, render a judgement, resolve, sack, seclude, seclusion, segregate, segregation, separate, separation, settle, sever, severance, sunder, wean), ‏ميز (characterize, confer distinction upon, differentiate, discern, discriminate, distinguish, favor, favour, grant a special privilege, honor, identify, know, label, make a distinction, mark, notice, observe, perceive, prefer, privilege, realize, recognize, segregate, separate, set above others, set aside, single, single out, stamp), ‏معزول (isolated, outlying, removed, secluded, segregate, separated, set aside, shut off, straggler), ‏وفر (economize, put away, put by, put by smth., save, set aside), ‏جزأ (break, fractionate, fritter, partition, ramify), ‏أهمل (be negligent, default, desert, discount, disregard, forsake, go by the board, lapse, lay aside, lay by, leave out, neglect, omit, overlook, pass, pass over smth., scorn, skive, slight, throwaway), ‏دخر (enshrine, fund, garner, hoard, husband, lay by, lay up, put aside, put by, reserve, save, set, set aside, siphon, skimp, sock away, spare, stash, store). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

слагам настрана (lay aside, lay by, put aside, put away, put by, set aside, set by), отделям (abstract, cull, detach, discharge, disestablish, disjoin, dissever, disunite, educe, eject, eliminate, emit, estrange, evolve, excrete, exhale, extricate, exude, insulate, isolate, lay aside, part, prescind, pry, screen, seclude, secrete, segregate, separate, sequester, set off, sever, sort, spare, tear away, unfix, unjoin, unyoke). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

選派 , 派任 . (various references)

   

Czech

  

dát stranou (set aside). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

varata (allow, occupy, put aside, reserve, take), panna erilleen (put aside), eritellä (analyse, separate, specify). (various references)

   

French

  

séparer (seclude, segregate, separate), mettre de côté (set, set aside), mettre part, distinguer (separate, set aside), épargner. (various references)

   

German

  

unterscheiden (differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, tell apart, to discern, to discriminate, to distinguish), abheben (blast off, get out, lift off, pick up, raise, take off, take out, withdraw). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κάνω να ξεχωρίζει. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מוקצ" (allocated, allotted, assigned), ליח" (allocate, appropriate, assign, devote), ל"פרי" (dissociate oneself from, divide, mark off, part, separate, sever, sunder, uncouple). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

tartalékol (keep in reserve, lay by, lay up, set aside, to reserve, to set apart, to set aside), félretesz (allocate, cast aside, discard, lay aside, lay by, move away, pigeon-hole, put aside, put off, set aside, set by, to appropriate, to lay aside, to lay by, to lay sg by, to lay up, to pigeonhole, to put down, to put off, to put sg by, to put sg to one side, to reserve, to separate, to set by, to set sg by, to shelve, to throw off). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

tersisih (ignored, isolated). (various references)

   

Italian

  

mettere da parte (earmark, lay aside, lay by, put aside, salt away), distinguere (differentiate, discern, discriminate, distinguish, distinguish oneself, know, Mark, recognize, single out, tell). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

取り除く (to remove, to set apart, to take away). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

とりのぞく (to remove, to set apart, to take away). (various references)

   

Manx

  

cur ry-lhiattee (adjourn, appropriation, head off, lay by). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

etsay apartay

   

Portuguese

  

pôr de lado (lay aside, overrule, put away, put by, relegate, reserve, salt away, set aside, supersede), pôr parte (make away, ostracize, outgrow, segregate, select, set aside, single). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

pune la o parte (lay aside, lay by), branşa (detach). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

отделять (compartmentalize, cut loose, detach, divide, intercept, partition off, segregate, separate, untwine). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

rastaviti (detach, disassemble, separate, sunder, take apart, unjoin), odlikovati se (characterize, distinguish, distinguish oneself, excel), odbaciti (abandon, cast aside, cast away, disallow, discard, dismiss, leave, off it, reject, repel, repudiate, repulse, throw away, toss off). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

reservar (book, keep, reserve, secure, set aside), poner aparte (keep, lay aside, put aside, put away, set aside). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

skilja (differentiate, disconnect, disjoin, distinguish, disunite, divide, divorce, part, separate, sever), sätta av (bound, drop), lägga undan (hive, hold, lay aside, lay by, pigeonhole, pigeon-hole, put away, put by, save, set aside), lägga åt sidan (shunt). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kenara koymak (lay aside, lay by, lay down, put aside, put away, put by, set aside, take aside), biriktirmek (accumulate, amass, collect, gather, keep back, lay aside, lay by, put aside, put away, put by, roll up, salt, save, set by, setaside, treasure up), ayrılmış (booked, disjointed, disunited, divided, divorced, estranged, isolated, reserved, segregate, set aside, split), ayrı tutmak (discriminate, individualize, insulate, isolate, make a distinction, segregate, sequester, set off, take aside), ayırmak (abstract, allocate, allot, allow, appropriate, assort, book, choose, classify, comb, comb out, contradistinguish, cut off, cut out, demarcate, detach, devote, disband, discard, disembody, disjoin, disrupt, dissever, dissociate, distinguish, disunite, divert, divide, divorce, divorce from, earmark, except, hive off, insulate, intend for, isolate, keep apart, mark out, part, particularize, partition, partition off, pick out, portion, reduce, reserve, resolve, seclude, segregate, select, separate, sequester, set aside, sever, shut off, single out, snatch away from, snatch from, sort, sort out, spare, specialize, split, spread, spread out, sunder, sweep off, take apart, tear away, tear off, unpick, unstick, wall, winnow). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

розділяти (demarcate, detach, disjoint, part, partition, sever, split up, sunder), відкладати (adjourn, defer, delay, deposit, hold over, lay aside, lay past, leave over, postpone, procrastinate, prorogue, put aside, put over, respite, set aside, set by, stand over, suspend, wait), віддаляти (alienate, distance, estrange). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

neilltuo (separate). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Set Apart

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

consecrabant, consecrabis, consecrabit, consecrans, consecrantur, consecraret, consecrarit, consecrastis, consecrata, consecratae, consecratam, consecrati, consecratis, consecratisque, consecratum, consecratur, consecratus, consecraverant, consecraverat, consecraverunt, consecravi, consecravit, consecrem, consecrentur, consecretur, dicamus, dicant, dicantur, dicas, dicat, dicatis, dicatque, dicatur, dicemus, dicemusque, dicent, dicentque, dicentur, dicere, dices, dicesque, dicet, dicetis, dicetque, dicetur, diceturque, dico, differre, privatus, secretus, semoveo. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Set Apart

LanguageDateSourceEzekiel Chapter 22, Verse 10
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintAiscunhn patroV apekaluyan en soi kai en akaqarsiaiV apokaqhmenhn etapeinoun en soi
Latin405VulgateVerecundiora patris discoperuerunt in te inmunditiam menstruatae humiliaverunt in te
Middle English1395WyclifFadris vnhilliden in thee more shameful thingis, thei meekeden in thee the vnclennes of the menstruate womman.
Jacobean English1611King JamesIn thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.
Victorian English1833WebsterIn thee have they uncovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.
Basic English1964OgdenIn you they have let the shame of their fathers be seen; in you they have done wrong to a woman at the time when she was unclean.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Set Apart

LanguageEzekiel Chapter 22, Verse 10
CebuanoDiha kanimo gikuhaan nila sa tabon ang pagkahubo sa ilang mga amahan; diha kanimo gipaulawan nila ang babaye nga nahugawan tungod sa iyang sakit nga binulan.
CroatianU tebi se raskriva sramota oèeva, u tebi siluju žene dok su neèiste.
Danishi dig blottes Faderens Skam, og Kvinder krænkes i deres Urenheds Tid.
DutchMen heeft de schaamte des vaders in u ontdekt; die onrein was door afzondering, hebben zij in u verkracht.
FinnishIsän häpy sinussa paljastetaan. Naiselle, joka on saastainen kuukautistilansa tähden, tehdään sinussa väkivaltaa.
FrenchAu milieu de toi, on découvre la nudité du père; au milieu de toi, on fait violence la femme pendant son impureté.
Germansie decken auf die Blöße der Väter und nötigen die Weiber in ihrer Krankheit
HungarianAz atya szemérmét föltakarták benned, a havivér miatt tisztátalant erõszakolták benned.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariAda yang menggoda dan meniduri ibu tirinya, wanita yang sedang haid,
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaDi dalammu sudah ditelanjangkannya kemaluan bapanya dan digagahinya perempuan yang cemar kainnya,
ItalianIn te si hanno rapporti col proprio padre, in te si giace con la donna in stato di mestruazione.
MaoriI roto i a koe te hura i to te papa e takoto tahanga ai: i roto i a koe te whakaiti i te wahine poke i a ia e noho wehe ana.
NorwegianFarens blusel blottedes hos dig; en kvinne som var uren i sin månedlige svakhet, krenkedes hos dig.
PortugueseA vergonha do pai descobrem em ti; no meio de ti humilham a que está impura, na sua separação.   
RumanianKn mijlocul tqu, se descopere goliciunea tatqlui; kn mijlocul tqu, este silitq femeia kn timpul necurqyiei ei!
RussianоБЗПФХ ПФ"Б ПФЛТЩЧБАФ Х ФЕ'С, ЦЕОХ ЧП ЧТЕНС ПЮЙЭЕОЙС ОЕЮЙУФПФ ЕЕ ОБУЙМХАФ Х ФЕ'С.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Set Apart

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-p-r-s-t-t"

-1 letter: patters, spatter, tapster.

-2 letters: aptest, attars, paster, paters, patter, prates, reatas, repast, sarape, satrap, stater, strata, tapers, tapeta, taster, tatars, taters, tetras, trapes, treats.

-3 letters: apart, apers, apres, apter, areas, asper, aster, ataps, attar, parae, paras, pares, parse, parts, pasta, paste, pater, pates, pears, peart, peats, prase, prate, prats, presa, prest, rapes, rates.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-e-p-r-s-t-t"
 

+1 letter: aspartate, pastorate.

 

+2 letters: apartments, aspartates, deathtraps, pastorates, separatist, transeptal.

 

+3 letters: breastplate, catastrophe, expatriates, paternalist, patriciates, rattletraps, repatriates, separatists, standpatter, supernatant, superstrata, transparent.

 

+4 letters: appurtenants, breastplates, catastrophes, decapitators, ectoparasite, expatriatism, extrapolates, keratoplasty, pancreatitis, partialities, participates, particulates, paternalists, portmanteaus, postgraduate, proletariats, separatistic, spectatorial, standpatters, supernatants, transplanted, transplanter, trepanations.

 

+5 letters: amphitheaters, antiparticles, antipredators, arthropathies, ectoparasites, ectoparasitic, epigrammatist, expatriations, expatriatisms, extrapolators, naturopathies, parasynthetic, paternalistic, patriarchates, postgraduates, precapitalist, procrastinate, recapitulates, repatriations, replantations, separationist, supersaturate, transcriptase, transparently, transplanters, transportable.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Familiar
6. Quotations: Fiction
7. Quotations: Speeches
8. Names: Derived from
9. Expressions
10. Translations: Modern
11. Translations: Ancient
12. Bible Trace
13. Anagrams
14. Bibliography


  

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