verb (used with object), de·seg·re·gat·ed, de·seg·re·gat·ing.
- to eliminate racial segregation in: to desegregate all schools.
verb (used without object), de·seg·re·gat·ed, de·seg·re·gat·ing.
- to eliminate racial segregation; to integrate at an institutional level members of different communities without regard to skin color.
verb
- to end racial segregation in (a school or other public institution)
1948, back-formation from desegregation. Related: Desegregated; desegregating.