set apart
verb
1 set apart
Select something or someone for a specific purpose.
synonyms: assign, specify.
Roget 636:
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.
reserve;
keep back,
hold back;
husband,
husband one's resources.
deposit;
stow,
stack,
load;
harvest;
heap,
collect
etc.
72;
lay in store
etc.
Adj.;
keep,
file
(papers);
lay in
etc.
(provide)
637;
preserve
etc.
670.
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Roget 55:
be excluded from
&c.;
exclude,
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
etc.
460;
banish
etc.
(seclude)
893;
separate
etc.
(disjoin)
44.
pass over,
omit;
garble;
eliminate,
weed,
winnow.
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Roget 609:
offers one's choice,
set before;
hold out the alternative,
present the alternative,
offer the alternative;
put to the vote.
use option,
use discretion,
exercise option,
exercise discretion,
one's option;
adopt,
take up,
embrace,
espouse;
choose,
elect,
opt for;
take one's choice,
make one's choice;
make choice of,
fix upon.
vote,
poll,
hold up one's hand;
divide.
settle;
decide
etc.
(adjudge)
480;
list
etc.
(will)
600;
make up one's mind
etc.
(resolve)
604.
select;
pick and choose;
pick out,
single out;
cull,
glean,
winnow;
sift the chaff from the wheat,
separate the chaff from the wheat,
winnow the chaff from the wheat;
pick up,
pitch upon;
pick one's way;
indulge one's fancy.
set apart,
mark out for;
mark
etc.
550.
prefer;
have rather,
have as lief;
fancy
etc.
(desire)
865;
be persuaded
etc.
615.
take a decided step,
take a decisive step;
commit oneself to a course;
pass the Rubicon,
cross the Rubicon;
cast in one's lot with;
take for better or for worse.
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Dutch: aanduiden, aanwijzen
2 set apart
Set apart from others.
synonyms: isolate, keep apart, sequester, sequestrate.
Roget 44:
be disjoined
&c.;
come off,
fall off,
come to pieces,
fall to pieces;
peel off;
get loose.
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
etc.
(fix)
43,
unpack,
unravel;
disentangle;
set free
etc.
(liberate)
750.
sunder,
divide,
subdivide,
sever,
dissever,
abscind†;
circumcise;
cut;
incide†,
incise;
saw,
snip,
nib,
nip,
cleave,
rive,
rend,
slit,
split,
splinter,
chip,
crack,
snap,
break,
tear,
burst;
rend
&c.,
rend asunder,
rend in twain;
wrench,
rupture,
shatter,
shiver,
cranch†,
crunch,
craunch†,
chop;
cut up,
rip up;
hack,
hew,
slash;
whittle;
haggle,
hackle,
discind†,
lacerate,
scamble†,
mangle,
gash,
hash,
slice.
cut up,
carve,
dissect,
anatomize;
dislimb†;
take to pieces,
pull to pieces,
pick to pieces,
tear to pieces;
tear to tatters,
tear piecemeal,
tear limb from limb;
divellicate†;
skin
etc.
226;
disintegrate,
dismember,
disbranch†,
disband;
disperse
etc.
73;
dislocate,
disjoint;
break up;
mince;
comminute
etc.
(pulverize)
330;
apportion
etc.
786.
part,
part company;
separate,
leave.
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Dutch: isoleren
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