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    Part , 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 , 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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