- desegregate⇄desegregate, verb, -gated,-gating.
- desegregate⇄v.i. to become desegregated; bring about desegregation.
Ex. The national guard desegregated, putting Negroes and whites in the same units. - desegregate⇄v.t. to abolish racial segregation in.
Ex. to desegregate a public school.