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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parted (pärtˈĕd), a.
1. Separated; divided.
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2. Endowed with parts or abilities. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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3. (Bot.) Cleft so that the divisions reach nearly, but not quite, to the midrib, or the base of the blade; -- said of a leaf, and used chiefly in composition; as, “three-parted, five-parted, etc.” Gray.
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