Definition of Keep apart

1. Verb. Set apart from others. "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"

Exact synonyms: Isolate, Sequester, Sequestrate, Set Apart
Generic synonyms: Disunite, Divide, Part, Separate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Keep Apart

keenness
keennesses
keens
keep
keep-away
keep a close watch on
keep a cool head
keep a lid on
keep a lookout
keep a weather eye open
keep abreast
keep an eye on
keep an eye open
keep an eye out
keep an eye peeled
keep apart (current term)
keep around
keep at
keep away
keep away from
keep back
keep bees
keep coming
keep company
keep down
keep faith
keep fit
keep from
keep going
keep guard

Literary usage of Keep apart

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms Used in Architecture, Civil, Architecture by John Weale (1850)
"To the latter product add the number 6-6075, and keep apart this partial result, which expresses, in one number, what proceeds from all the operations ..."

2. The Two Chiefs of Dunboy: Or an Irish Romance of the Last Century by James Anthony Froude (1889)
"... the difference in race, in character and in creed, continued to keep apart the Cornish Calvinist and the Catholic of Cork and Kerry. ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... we know far more than the interdependence supposed by Mach and Kirch- boff; we know bodies with impenetrable force causing one another to keep apart. ..."

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