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Part (pärt), n. [F. part, L. pars, gen. partis; cf. parere to bring forth, produce. Cf. Parent, Depart, Parcel, Partner, Party, Portion.]
1. One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass, or the like, regarded as going to make up, with others, a larger number, quantity, mass, etc., whether actually separate or not; a piece; a fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a constituent.
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And kept back part of the price, . . . and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles'feet. Acts v. 2.
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Our ideas of extension and number -- do they not contain a secret relation of the parts ? Locke.
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I am a part of all that I have met. Tennyson.
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2. Hence, specifically: (a) An equal constituent portion; one of several or many like quantities, numbers, etc., into which anything is divided, or of which it is composed; proportional division or ingredient.
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An homer is the tenth part of an ephah. Ex. xvi. 36.
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A thought which, quartered, hath but one part wisdom,
And ever three parts coward. Shak.
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(b) A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole; a member; an organ; an essential element.
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All the parts were formed . . . into one harmonious body. Locke.
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The pulse, the glow of every part. Keble.
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(c) A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; -- usually in the plural with a collective sense. “Men of considerable parts.” Burke. “Great quickness of parts.” Macaulay.
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Which maintained so politic a state of evil, that they will not admit any good part to intermingle with them. Shak.
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(d) Quarter; region; district; -- usually in the plural. “The uttermost part of the heaven.” Neh. i. 9.
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All parts resound with tumults, plaints, and fears. Dryden.
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(e) (Math.) Such portion of any quantity, as when taken a certain number of times, will exactly make that quantity; as, “3 is a part of 12;” -- the opposite of multiple. Also, a line or other element of a geometrical figure.
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3. That which belongs to one, or which is assumed by one, or which falls to one, in a division or apportionment; share; portion; lot; interest; concern; duty; office.
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We have no part in David. 2 Sam. xx. 1.
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Accuse not Nature! she hath done her part;
Do thou but thine. Milton.
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Let me bear
My part of danger with an equal share. Dryden.
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4. Hence, specifically: (a) One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or a controversy; a faction.
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For he that is not against us is on our part. Mark ix. 40.
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Make whole kingdoms take her brother's part. Waller.
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(b) A particular character in a drama or a play; an assumed personification; also, the language, actions, and influence of a character or an actor in a play; or, figuratively, in real life; as, “to play the part of Macbeth”. See To act a part, under Act.
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That part
Was aptly fitted and naturally performed. Shak.
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It was a brute part of him to kill so capital a calf. Shak.
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Honor and shame from no condition rise;
Act well your part, there all the honor lies. Pope.
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(c) (Mus.) One of the different melodies of a concerted composition, which heard in union compose its harmony; also, the music for each voice or instrument; as, “the treble, tenor, or bass part; the violin part, etc.”
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For my part, so far as concerns me; for my share. -- For the most part. See under Most, a. -- In good part, as well done; favorably; acceptably; in a friendly manner; as, “to take an act in good part”. Hooker. -- In ill part, unfavorably; with displeasure. -- In part, in some degree; partly. -- Part and parcel, an essential or constituent portion; -- a reduplicative phrase. Cf. might and main, kith and kin, etc. “She was . . . part and parcel of the race and place.” Howitt. -- Part of speech (Gram.), a sort or class of words of a particular character; “part of speech denoting the name of a thing; the verb is a part of speech which asserts something of the subject of a sentence”. -- Part owner (Law), one of several owners or tenants in common. See Joint tenant, under Joint. -- Part singing, singing in which two or more of the harmonic parts are taken. -- Part song, a song in two or more (commonly four) distinct vocal parts. “A part song differs from a madrigal in its exclusion of contrapuntual devices;
from a glee, in its being sung by many voices, instead of by one only, to each part.” Stainer & Barrett.
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Syn. -- Portion; section; division; fraction; fragment; piece; share; constituent. See Portion, and Section.
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Part (pärt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parted; p. pr. & vb. n. Parting.] [F. partir, L. partire, partiri, p. p. partitus, fr. pars, gen. partis, a part. See Part, n.]
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1. To divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into two or more parts or pieces; to sever. “Thou shalt part it in pieces.” Lev. ii. 6.
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There, [celestial love] parted into rainbow hues. Keble.
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2. To divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to allot; to apportion; to share.
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To part his throne, and share his heaven with thee. Pope.
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They parted my raiment among them. John xix. 24.
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3. To separate or disunite; to cause to go apart; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
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The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me. Ruth i. 17.
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While he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. Luke xxiv. 51.
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The narrow seas that part
The French and English. Shak.
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4. Hence: To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene betwixt, as combatants.
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The stumbling night did part our weary powers. Shak.
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5. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion; as, “to part gold from silver”.
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The liver minds his own affair, . . .
And parts and strains the vital juices. Prior.
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6. To leave; to quit. [Obs.]
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Since presently your souls must part your bodies. Shak.
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7. To separate (a collection of objects) into smaller collections; as, “to part one's hair in the middle”.
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To part a cable (Naut.), to break it. -- To part company, to separate, as travelers or companions.
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Part, v. i.
1. To be broken or divided into parts or pieces; to break; to become separated; to go asunder; as, “rope parts; his hair parts in the middle.”
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2. To go away; to depart; to take leave; to quit each other; hence, to die; -- often with from.
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He wrung Bassanio's hand, and so they parted. Shak.
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He owned that he had parted from the duke only a few hours before. Macaulay.
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His precious bag, which he would by no means part from. G. Eliot.
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3. To perform an act of parting; to relinquish a connection of any kind; -- followed by with or from; as, “to part with one's money”.
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Celia, for thy sake, I part
With all that grew so near my heart. Waller.
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Powerful hands . . . will not part
Easily from possession won with arms. Milton.
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It was strange to him that a father should feel no tenderness at parting with an only son. A. Trollope.
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4. To have a part or share; to partake. [Obs.] “They shall part alike.” 1 Sam. xxx. 24.
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Part, adv. Partly; in a measure. [R.] Shak.
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