'set apart' definitions:
Definition of 'set apart'
(from WordNet)
verb
Select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise" [syn: assign, specify, set apart]
verb
Set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on" [syn: sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate]
Synonyms of 'set apart'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrupt,
- abscind,
- alienate,
- allocate,
- allot,
- amputate,
- analyze,
- anatomize,
- annihilate,
- appoint,
- appropriate to,
- assign,
- assign to,
- atomize,
- ban,
- bar,
- be characteristic,
- beatify,
- bless,
- bob,
- bolt,
- canonize,
- cast off,
- cast out,
- change,
- characterize,
- chop logic,
- cleanse,
- clip,
- commit,
- consecrate,
- conserve,
- contradistinguish,
- cordon,
- cordon off,
- crop,
- cull,
- cull out,
- cut,
- cut adrift,
- cut away,
- cut off,
- cut out,
- dedicate,
- define,
- delete,
- demarcate,
- demark,
- depart,
- describe,
- destine,
- desynonymize,
- detail,
- devote,
- difference,
- differentiate,
- disarticulate,
- disconnect,
- discriminate,
- disengage,
- disequalize,
- disjoin,
- disjoint,
- dispart,
- dissociate,
- distinguish,
- disunite,
- diversify,
- divide,
- divorce,
- dock,
- draw the line,
- earmark,
- eject,
- eliminate,
- enshrine,
- enucleate,
- eradicate,
- estrange,
- exalt,
- except,
- excise,
- exclude,
- expel,
- extinguish,
- extirpate,
- fate,
- fence off,
- ghettoize,
- gin,
- glorify,
- hallow,
- hold back,
- husband,
- individualize,
- individuate,
- insulate,
- interspace,
- interval,
- isolate,
- keep,
- keep apart,
- keep aside,
- keep back,
- keep by one,
- keep in reserve,
- keep in store,
- keep on hand,
- keynote,
- knock off,
- lay aside,
- lay by,
- leave,
- lop,
- lot,
- make a distinction,
- make a space,
- make assignments,
- mark,
- mark off,
- mark out,
- mark out for,
- mark the interface,
- modify,
- mutilate,
- nip,
- ordain,
- panel,
- pare,
- part,
- particularize,
- partition,
- peel,
- personalize,
- pick out,
- portion off,
- preserve,
- prune,
- pull away,
- pull back,
- pull out,
- purify,
- put apart,
- put aside,
- put by,
- quarantine,
- refine a distinction,
- remove,
- reserve,
- restrict,
- restrict to,
- retain,
- riddle,
- root out,
- rule out,
- saint,
- sanctify,
- save,
- save up,
- schedule,
- screen,
- screen out,
- seclude,
- segregate,
- select,
- separate,
- sequester,
- set,
- set a limit,
- set aside,
- set at intervals,
- set by,
- set off,
- set the pace,
- set the tone,
- sever,
- severalize,
- shave,
- shear,
- shut off,
- sieve,
- sieve out,
- sift,
- sift out,
- sort,
- sort out,
- sound the keynote,
- space,
- space out,
- specialize,
- split,
- split hairs,
- stamp out,
- stand aloof,
- stand apart,
- stand aside,
- step aside,
- strike off,
- strip,
- strip off,
- subdivide,
- subtilize,
- subtract,
- tag,
- take off,
- take out,
- thrash,
- thresh,
- throw off,
- throw out,
- truncate,
- uncouple,
- unyoke,
- vary,
- wall off,
- winnow,
- wipe out,
- withdraw,
- withhold