part 
12. Kpgion ; quarter; place; spot. 
Now t hi fume shall go fur ami thee furse holdyn, 
And all prouyns ami i-rtr* thi pes shall desyre. 
Uestntctinn uf Trny (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 217. 
She sits at home 
l.ikr :i _M r:it i[ll( rn. lllld HCIlilK lijln forth to fetch in 
Her tritiute from n\\ imrt*. 
Beau. and fl., Knight of Malta, ill. 2. 
13t. State; condition; plight. 
Ami yf ye llstu to hauu kuowellche of my part, 
1 inn in lirl |lie;iltli|, K<! thanked mote be be, 
As of body. Political Paeuut, etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 40. 
" If thu," quod he, "had done after my rede, 
Tim sliiil.li-st not now hnue ben in this parte." 
Oeneri/des (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 3818. 
14f. Act; action; conduct. 
Kind him, my Lord of Warwick, chide him hither, 
This part of his conjoins with my disease. 
Shak., 2 Hen. IV., iv. 5. 64. 
Among other the mad parti of Xerxes, It is reported 
that hee fell in loue with a Plane Tree In Lydia. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 356. 
15. [<.part,r.] The parting of the hair. [U.H.] 
Art and part. Heeartu. Bairns' part of gear. Same 
us le.:jitiine. Charging part. See charge. Concertante 
parts. See concertantf. Conductor's part. See eon- 
auctor. Copulation Of parts. Sec amdalinn. Dead 
man's part. Same as dead'g-part. Essential part, 
matter or form as a part of the entelechy. Extreme 
parts. Seeejtfreme. Formal part. See formal. For 
my (his, her, etc.) part, so far an concerns me (him, etc.). 
See defs. 8 and 11. 
/''.- my part, I confess, madam, wit loses its respect with 
me when I see it In company with malice. 
sin rnl<n\. School for Scandal, i. 1. 
For the most part. See most. Free, given. Inner 
part. See the adjectives. Heterogeneous part, a part 
different in kind from another joined with it to make np 
a whole. Homogeneous parts, like parts which go to 
make np a whole. In good part, in a friendly manner ; 
favorably; graciously. 
I'uf. The winter managers were a little sore, I believe. 
Daiujle. No ; I believe they took it all in goad part. 
Sheridan, The Critic, i. 2. 
In 111 part, with displeasure ; unfavorably. In part. In 
' some degree ; to some extent ; partly. 
Moved by choice ; or, If constrained in part, 
Yet -nil with Nature's freedom at the heart 
Wordsworth, Departure from Grasmere. 
Integrant or mathematical part, a part lying outtide 
of another part in space. Inversion Of parts. See in- 
version Logical part*, meridional parts, middle 
part. See the adjectives. Napier's circular parts. 
See circular. Part and parcel, an essential part. 
Every man, woman, and child was constantly taught 
by every fireside, to feel that he or she was part and pared 
of a great new movement in human progress. 
H. B. Stowe, Oldtown, p. 329. 
Fart and pertinent, in Scoti law, a phrase used in char- 
ters and dispositions to cover appurtenances and appen- 
dages. Thus, lands are disponed with parts and perti- 
/ /it* : and that expression may carry various rights and 
servitudes connected with the lands, such as a seat in a 
parish church. See pertinent. Part of speech, in gram., 
a word viewed as a constituent part or member of a sen- 
tence, having a certain part to contribute to its complete- 
ness ; a word as member of a class having one limited and 
definable office in speech or in the practical use of lan< 
guage, as a noun, a verb, an adverb, and soon, Seeporaei. 
Perfection of parts, see perfection. Potential part 
(of a virtueX a secondary virtue adjuvant to the other. 
Principal part, (a) A part which, being removed, not 
merely mutilates, but destroys the whole. (6) In pram., 
one of certain leading parts of a verb-system, from which, 
when given, the rest can be Inferred. Subjective part. 
Same as logical part. See extovrion, 5. TO take part 
in, to participate in ; have a share or assist in : as, to take 
part in a celebration. To take part with, to side with ; 
join forces with. 
The Mahometans, when they enterprized the conquest 
of Egypt, ''."// part irith the Coptis, who were glad to see 
the Greeks destroy'd. 
Pococke, Description of the East, I. 244. 
Total part, a part In which the whole is Implied. = Syn. 
Part, Piece. Section, Portion, Share, Division. Part is the 
general word for that which is less than the whole : as. 
the whole is equal to the sum of all its parts. Piece is 
a part taken from a whole : as, a piece of meat ; the dish 
was broken or the tree was torn to piece. Section is a part 
cut olf, or viewed as cut off, from the rest : as, a section of 
land, of the party. Portion is often used in a stilted way 
where part would he simpler and better ; portion has always 
some suggestion of allotment or assignment : as, this is my 
purtiftn ; a portion of Scripture ; " Father, give me the por- 
ti'inot goods that falleth to me " (Luke \ v. 12). Shan is still 
more suggestive of the person connected with the matter : 
as, his xhare in the work ; his portion of his father's estate 
was $100,000, and he insisted upon receiving his share nt 
once. A division is one of two or more part* made by de- 
sign, the parts still remaining connected : as, a division of 
an army or a fleet, of a subject, of a country. See particle. 
10. Abilities, Q\fts, Talent*, etc. See genius. 
part (piirt), ' [< ME. parten, perten, < OF. 
/Hii-tir, F. partir = Sp. Pg. partir = It. partire, 
* L. partiri, partire, divide, part, < pars (part-), 
part: see part, H. Cf. ttrpart, impart.'} 1. trans. 
1. To divide; separate or break into parts or 
pieces; sever. 
Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon. 
Ler. ii. 6. 
I'nini', make htm stand upon this molehill here, 
That raught at mountains with outstretched arms, 
Vet parted but the shadow with his hand. 
Shot., 3 Hen. VI., i. 4. 68. 
4303 
2. To divide into shares ; distribute in parts. 
And thanked (lod that he myght ban hire si, 
That no wlghte his blisse parten ihal. 
Chaucer, Men-haul's Tale, 1. 388. 
30 saye as youre selffe has sene, 
Tlier-fure array gou all on rawe, 
11; selfe tchall parte itt gou be-twene. 
York Plays, p. 233. 
Nor could I weary, heart or limb. 
When mighty Love would cleave in twain 
The lading of a single pain, 
And part It, giving half to him. 
Tennyson, In Memoriam, xxv. 
3. To cause to separate ; cause to go different 
ways; separate; sunder. 
The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death 
part thee and me. Ruth L 17. 
Hence good and evil mixed, bat man has skill 
And power to part them, when he feels the will 
Crabbe, Works, I. 86. 
That morn that parted me and bliss. 
William Morris, Earthly Paradise, II. 113. 
4. Specifically, to comb (the hair) away from 
a dividing line or parting; arrange (the hair) by 
dividing it more or less symmetrically. 
Smoothly kern he his halre, 
And part It both wales, to appeare more faire. 
Ueywood, Dialogues (Works, ed. Pearson, 1874, VI. 206). 
Hyacinthine locks 
Round from his parted forelock manly hung 
Clustering. MOton, P. I.., Iv. 302. 
5. To draw or hold apart; separate by inter- 
vening: as, to part combatants. 
The kyng of kynggez partyd them twayn. 
Be cause they shuld noo debate begynne certeyn. 
Oenerydes (K. E. T. S.), L 2298. 
Part them ; they are incensed. Shot., Hamlet, v. 2. 814. 
Our three houses stood pretty near one another ; his 
via parted from mine by a river. 
Swift, Story of an Injured Lady. 
6. \iint. , to break or rend ; suffer the breaking 
of: as, the ship parted her cable. 7t. Toleave; 
quit ; depart from. 
Since presently your souls must part your bodies. 
Shot., Rich. II., ill. 1. 3. 
It 's time the dead should part the quick ; 
Mnrjorie, I must be gane. 
William and Marjorie (Child's Ballads, II. 160). 
St. To mix ; mingle. 
With the queene whan that he hadde sete, 
And spices parted, and the wyne agoon, 
Unto his chambre was he lad anoon. 
Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 1110. 
To part a line or a warp. See Kn2. To part com- 
pany, to separate : go different ways. =8yn. 1. To sever, 
dissever, sunder, dismember, tear asunder, disjoin, discon- 
nect disunite. 
n. intrans. 1. To become separated or de- 
tached; stand, fall, or move apart; separate; 
divide : as, her lips parted; our routes parted. 
Make . . . thy knotted and combined locks to part, 
And each particular hair to stand on end. 
Shot., Hamlet, L 5. 18. 
So parted they ; the angel np to heaven 
From the thick shade, and Adam to his bower. 
Milton, P. L, viii. 652. 
The sun's . . . rays of rapid light 
Parted around the chariot's swifter course. 
Shelley, Queen Mab, i. 
2. To break ; give way ; become rent, severed, 
or detached: as, the cable parted. 3. To let 
go; relinquish; give up: with withorfrom: as, 
the miser will not part with his money. 
We never forc'd him to part with his conscience, but ft 
was hee that would have forc'd us to part with ours. 
Milton, Elkonoklastes, xi. 
For I, that . . . shielded all her life from harm, 
At last must part with her to thee. 
Tennyson, In Memoriam, Conclusion. 
4. To go away; depart; set out; leave; retire: 
with from or with, to take leave of; bid fare- 
well to. 
Now In peace my soul shall part to heaven, 
Since I have set my friends at peace on earth. 
Shot., Rich. III., it. 1. 5. 
(The storm) begane in y>- southeast, and parted toward 
y> south & east, and vered sundry ways. 
Bradford, Plymouth Plantation, p. 338. 
A little after you had parted with him, 
He suddenly dropt dead of heart-disease. 
Tennyson, Sea Dreams. 
5. To take part or have a share; share; partake. 
A trewe man, withouten drede, 
Hath nat to parten with a theves dede. 
Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 466. 
Part with thy felaw. for that is cnrtesie. 
Babees Boot (E. E. T. S.X p. 28. 
My lord, d'ye think your nephew here, your Troylo, 
Parti in your spirit as freely as your blood 
Ford, Fancies, v. 1. 
To part from an anchor (naut.\ to break loose from an 
anchor by parting the cable : said of a vessel. 
part (]>iirt ).<nlr. [Abbr. of I'M part. Of. parcel, 
inlr.] Partly; partially; in some measure. 
partake 
But part be right, and jart be wrang, 
r'rue the beggar man the cloak he wan. 
llynd Horn (Child's Ballads, IV. 26). 
For the fair kindness you have show'd me here. 
And, part, being prompted by your present trouble, 
Out nf my lean and low ability 
I'll lend you something. Shalr., T. N., ill. 4. 877. 
Pythagoras was part philosopher, part magician. 
Burton, Anat of Mel., To the Reader, p. 31. 
He spoke In words part heard, In whispers pan. 
Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien. 
partable (piir'ta-bl). a. [ME. partable; < int 
+ -able. Cf. partible,] 1. Capable of being 
parted or divided ; divisible. Sec i>tirtililr. 
His hole loue nenerthelesse was partable among three 
other of his mistresses. Camden, Remains, Wise Speeches. 
2f. Having a share. 
Thoghe hyt were outher mennys synne, 
3yt art thou partable then line. 
MS. llarl. 1701, f. 20. (llalliix-ll.) 
partaget (par'taj), n. [< F. partaye = Olt. 
partaijgio (ML.partagrium), division, < L. par 
(juirt-), part: see part, .] 1. Division; parti- 
tion ; the act of dividing or sharing. 
This portage of things In an Inequality of private pos- 
sessions men have made practicable oat of the bounds of 
society, and without compact, only by putting a value on 
gold and silver, and tacitly agreeing in the use of money. 
Locke, Civil Government, v. f 50. 
2. Part; portion; share. 
I urg'd him gently. 
Friendly, and privately, to grant a nartage 
Of this estate to her who owns It all. 
This his supposed sister. 
Fletcher (and another), Fair Maid of the Inn, III. 2. 
I know my brother, in the love he beares me, 
Will not denye me partayc in his sadnesse. 
Ford, Til Pity, L 2. 
partake (pUr-tak'), r.; pret. partook, pp. por- 
taken, ppr. partaking. [< ME. 'part-taken, in 
part-talcynge, parte-taker ; < part + take. The 
formation is not according to E. analogy, but 
is in imitation of L. participare, < pars (part-), 
part, + capere, take. Cf . out-take, similarly imi- 
tated from the L.] I. intrans. 1. To take or 
have a part, portion, or share in common with 
others ; participate ; share : used absolutely, or 
followed by o/or in (also, rarely, by with) before 
the object shared : as, to partake of the boun- 
ties of Providence ; to partake of refreshments. 
We should them love, and trith their neeAt partake. 
Spenser, Hymn of Heavenly Love, 1. 208. 
Being apprehended, his false cunning, 
Not meaning topartakt with me t'n danger, 
Taught him to face me out of his acquaintance. 
Shot., T. N., v. L 90. 
He felt that wrong trith wrong partakes, 
That nothing stands alone. 
Whitticr, The Quaker of the Olden Time. 
2. To share in some degree the nature, char- 
acter, functions, or peculiarities (of some other 
person or thing) : followed by of. 
The attorney of the duchy of Lancaster partakes partly 
of a judge and partly / an attorney -general. Bacon. 
Master of all sorts of wood-craft, he seemed a part of 
the forest and the lake, and the secret of his amazing skill 
seemed to be that he partook of the nature and fierce in- 
stincU of the beasts he slew. 
Emerson, Hist Discourse at Concord. 
3t. To take sides ; espouse the cause of another ; 
make common cause. 
Canst thou, O cruel ! say I love thee not, 
When I against myself with thee partake f 
Shot., Sonnets, clxlx. 
Mr. Bellingham and he stood divided from the rest, which 
occasioned much opposition even in open court, and much 
partaking in the country. 
Wi nth rap. Hist. New England, II. 139. 
= Syn. Partake, Participate, Share. There Is not always 
a distinction among these words. Share is the most fa* 
mlliar, participate the least so. Partake Is the most natu- 
ral to apply to that which pleases or concerns chiefly the 
actor: as, to partake of food; to partake of the oualitieft 
of one's ancestors. Participate and thare especially In- 
clude other persons: as, to share another's pleasures, or 
participate in his griefs or joys. Participate may imply 
the most intimate community of possession or feeling, as 
Is suggested by Its being followed by t'n, not "/. Share 
may have a direct object " r '"' followed by in. 
I come In for my share In all the good that happens to 
a man of merit and virtue, and partake of many gifts of 
fortune and power that I was never born to. 
Addison, Taller, No. 117. 
Either in joy or sorrow, my friend should participate in 
my feelings. Goldsmith, Citizen of the World, xxil. 
All who joy would win 
Must thare it Happiness was born a twin. 
Byron, Don Juan, ii. 172. 
II. trans. 1. To have a part in ; share. 
By and by thy bosom shall partake 
The secrets of my heart Skak., }. C., II. 1. 305. 
Thou shalt partake my near and dearest counsels, 
And further them with thine. 
Fletcher, Double Marriage, L 1. 
