integrated (adj.)

1580s, "combined into a whole," past-participle adjective from integrate (v.). Sense of "desegregated, not or no longer divided by race, etc." is from 1947.

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integrate (v.)

1630s, "to render (something) whole, bring together the parts of," from Latin integratus, past participle of integrare "make whole," from integer "whole, complete," figuratively, "untainted, upright," literally "untouched," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + root of tangere "to touch," from PIE root *tag- "to touch, handle."

The meaning "put together parts or elements and combine them into a whole" is from 1802. The "racially desegregate" sense (1940) probably is a back-formation from integration. Related: Integrated; integrating.

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Definitions of integrated from WordNet

integrated (adj.)

formed or united into a whole;

Synonyms: incorporate / incorporated / merged / unified

integrated (adj.)

formed into a whole or introduced into another entity; "a more closely integrated economic and political system"- Dwight D.Eisenhower;

an integrated Europe

integrated (adj.)

not segregated; designated as available to all races or groups;

integrated schools

integrated (adj.)

resembling a living organism in organization or development;

society as an integrated whole

Synonyms: structured

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