partial 
A fond anil itartial parent. I'npt. 
1 1 is | Leicester's] presence and his conununicationa were 
gall nnil \viiiiiiwiiiiil I" his iini-i- luirlUil inlstiTHS. 
Scott, Kcnilworth, xL 
I pray God he perform what he promlseth, ami that he 
hu not over partial in Ninth \Valus Men. 
HoweU, Letters, I. ii. 5. 
" Mrlng me that muslin," siviil Mm. (Hegg ; "It 's a bull 
I'm pttrtittl to luill 
i :,,,!,,, l'.li,,t. Mill on the Floss, v. 2. 
Partial abstraction, the net of concentrating the atten- 
tion on one Integrant part of an objeet, and withdrawing 
it from others. Partial assignment, an as:.h:nmi>nt of 
part of one's property in trust for the payment of some 
debts, as distinguished from a tjeiitral axxiytunent of all 
property for payment of all debts: sometimes used in i-.m 
tnulistinrtion tofpeeirt/ami/mw/i', wlien tile latter is used 
in the sense of an assignment for the benctlt of one or more 
special creditors only.- Partial battle. See battle*, 1. 
Partial cause, see cause, i. Partial conversion, 
in lotjic. See conversion, 2. Partial counsel, ill Scot* 
law, Improper advice or communications to one of the 
parties in a cause, rendering the testimony of a witness 
inadmissible; a similar ground of declinature of the juris- 
diction of a judge. Imp. Diet. Partial determinant, 
differential, differentiation, earth. See the nouns. 
Partial eclipse, an eclipse in which only a part of the 
eclipsed luminary is covered. Partial fractions, in alg. , 
fractions whose algebraical sum Is equal to a given frac- 
tion : thus, for various purposes. ]/ (1 x~) Is expressed 
as the sum of the two partial fractions I/ (2 + 2z) and 
l/(2 2x). Partial loss, in marine insurance, "loss of 
a part out of the whole" (Parsons).-- Partial method, 
a method which applies to a part of a science. Partial 
term, an undistributed term. Partial tone. Same as 
hamwnic, 1 (a\ though sometimes also used to designate 
the theoretically simple tones of which harmonics are 
themselves made up. Partial turn, in music. See turn. 
Partial verdict, in law, a verdict of conviction as to a 
part of the charge, and of acquittal or silence as to the 
residue. Bis/top. = Syn.l. Incomplete, Imperfect 3 and 
4. Prejudiced, prepossessed, warped, unfair, one-sided. 
II. . Same & partial tone, 
The harmonics are themselves also compound tones, of 
which the primes or lowest partial* are the partials of the 
original tone. Proc. Roy. Soe., XXXVIH. 83. 
partialism (par'shal-izm), . [< partial + -ism.] 
In thcul., the doctrine that the atonement was 
intended for and affects only a part of mankind. 
partialist (par'shal-ist), n. [< partial + -sf.] 
1. One who is partial. 2. In thcol., one who 
holds that the atonement was made for only a 
part of mankind. 
I say, as the apostle said, unto mchpartialuts, You will 
forgive me this wrong. 
Bp. Morton, Discharge of I input. (1633), p. 240. 
partiality (par-shi-al'i-ti), n. ; pi. partialities 
(-tiz). [< F.partialite = Sp. parcialidad = Pg. 
parcialidade = It. parzialita, < ML. partiali- 
ta(t-)s, partialness, a party, society, < partialis, 
partial : see partial.] The state or character 
of being partial, (a) Inclination to favor one party or 
one side of a question more than the other ; an undue 
bias of mind toward one party or side. 
Polybius, reprehending Tima-us for his partiality against 
Agathocles. Hume. 
His [Carlyle's] imagination Is so powerful that it makes 
him the contemporary of his characters, and thus his his- 
tory seems to he the memoirs of a cynical humorist, with 
hearty likes and dislikes, with something of acridity in his 
partialitiex whether for or against^ more keenly sensitive 
to the grotesque than the simply natural. 
Lowell, Study Windows, p. 136. 
(ft) A special fondness ; a stronger Inclination to one per- 
son or thing than to others : with to or for : as, a partiality 
for poetry or painting. 
Well, Maria, do you not reflect, the more you converse 
with that amiable young man, what return his partiality 
for you deserves 1 Sheridan, School for Scandal, ill. 1. 
As there is a partiality to opinions, which, as we have 
already observed, is apt to mislead the understanding, so 
there is often a partiality to studies, which is prejudicial 
also to knowledge and improvement. 
Locke, Conduct of the Understanding, 21. 
(ct) A party ; faction. 
In the common wealth dissentlons, angers, quarelles of 
ambition amongst your officers of iustice, neither ought 
you to dissemble, or in any wise consent vnto; for, at the 
instant that they shall grow into quarels, the people shall 
he diuided into partialities, wherof may rise great offences 
in the common wealth. 
Guevara, Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577), p. 168. 
= Syn. (a) Favoritism, unfairness. (6) Liking, predilec- 
tion, leaning, fancy. 
partialize (par'shal-iz), .; pret. and pp. par- 
tiiilized, ppr. partutltelng. (X F. partialiser = 
Sp. parcialisar = Pg. parcializar, parcialisar; 
as partial + -ize.] I. trans. To render partial. 
Such neighlwur nearness to our sacred blood 
should nothing! privilege him, nor partialue 
The unstooping ilrmnessof my upright soul. 
i/i'iii,., Kich. II., 1. 1. 120. 
II. intrant. To be partial; favor one side 
more than another. 
Till world nnd pleasure made me partialitc. 
Daniel, Complaint of Rosamond, st. 51. (Encyc. Diet.) 
partially (par'shal-i),rfp. 1. In part ; not gen- 
erally or totally; partly. 
And partially n lie for truth gave forth. 
Stirling, Domes-day, Seventh Houre. 
4305 
Abrogate entirely the liberty to exercise the faculties, 
and we navcdcath ; abrogate {^partially, and we havepain 
or partial death. //. Spencer, Social Statics, p. 217. 
2. In a partial manner; with undue bias of 
mind to one party or side ; with unjust favor 
or dislike. 
If, partially affined, or leagued In office, 
Thou tliMt deliver more or less than tnith, 
Thou art no soldier. Shale., Othello, ii. 8. 21& 
partibility(piir-ti-bil'i-ti), n. [= F. partibilite; 
as partible + -ity.] The quality of being parti- 
ble; susceptibility of division, partition, or 
severance ; separability : as, the portability of 
an inheritance. 
partible (piir'ti-bl), a. [< F. partible = Sp. par- 
tible = Pg. partivel = It. partibile, < LL. parti- 
bili.t. divisible, < L. /ail-tire, partiri, divide: see 
part,v. Ct. portable.] Capable of being parted 
or separated; divisible; separable; susceptible 
of severance or partition. 
Note, It were better to make the moulds partible, that 
you may open them. Racun, Nat. Hist., f 602. 
If the land is not partible, then, "according to the cos- 
torn of some, the nrst-born shall hare the whole Inheri- 
tance ; according to the custom of others, however, the 
last-born son Is heir. " F. Pollock, Land Laws, A pp., p. 207. 
Partible division. See division. 
partibus (par'ti-bus), . [L., abl. pi. of para 
(part-), part : see part.'} In Scots late, a note 
written on the margin of a summons when 
lodged for calling, containing the name and 
designation of the pursuer or pursuers, and de- 
fender or defenders, if there are only two; if 
more, the name and designation of the party 
first named, with the words "and others." Imp. 
Diet In partibus. See in partibus inftdclium. 
particate (par'ti-kat), w. [< ML. pcrtieata, a 
perch, < L. pertica, ML. also partica, a measur- 
ing-rod, a perch : see perch 2 . ] A rood of land. 
Jamiegon. [Scotch.] 
particeps criminis (par'ti-seps krim'i-nis). 
[L. : particeps (< pars (part-), part, + capere, 
take), partaking ; criminig, gen. of crinten, 
crime: see crime.] An accessory to a crime. 
partrcipable (par-tis'i-pa-bl), a. [= F.partici- 
pable = Sp. participable = Pg. participavel = 
It. participoMle, < ML. as if *participabilis, < L. 
participare, participate : see participate.] Ca- 
pable of being participated or shared. 
Plato, by his Ideas, means only the divine essence with 
this connotation, as it is variously Imitable or participable 
by created beings, fforris. Miscellanies. 
participancy (par-tis'i-pan-si), n. [< partici- 
pan(t) + -cy.] The state of being participant; 
participation. 
participant (par-tis'i-pant), a. and n. [= F. 
participant = Sp. Pg. It. participante, < L. par- 
ticipan(t-)s, ppr. of participare, participate: see 
participate.] I. a. Sharing; having a share or 
part : followed by of. 
During the parliament, he published his proclamation, 
offering pardon to all such as had taken arms, or been par- 
ticipant of any attempts against him. Bacon. (Latham.) 
II. . 1. One who participates ; a partaker; 
one having a share or part. 
Divers of those Participants did assign and conveyed 
unto other persons several proportions of their Shares and 
Adventures. The Great Level (Arber's Eng. Garner, 1. 817). 
2. In Gregorian music, the next most important 
tone in a mode after the mediant, lying in the 
authentic modes usually next above or below 
the mediant, and in plagal modes usually at 
the bottom of the scale. Sec mo<li<lation, 3 (a). 
It may be used as the first tone of any phrase in a plain- 
song melody, and as the last tone of any phrase except 
the last. The participants of the various modes in gen- 
eral use are : f, G ; II., A ; III., A or B ; IV., C or F ; 
V., G ; VI., C ; VII., A ; VIII., D; IX., D; X., E ; XIII., D ; 
XIV., G. 
participantly (p&r-tis'i-pant-li), adv. In a par- 
ticipating manner; so as to participate; as a 
participant. 
participate (piir-tis'i-pat), r.; pret. and pp. 
participated, ppr. participating. [< li.partici- 
patus, pp. of participare (> It. participare, par- 
tecipare = Sp. Pg. particijiar = F. participer), 
take part in, share in, give part in, impart, 
< L. particeps (particip-), taking part in, shar- 
ing in, < pars (part-), part, + capere, take : see 
part and capable. For the second element, cf. 
anticipate.] I. trans. 1. To partake; share or 
share in ; receive a part or share of. 
The one [the soul) we parHcijxitt with goddes, the other 
(the body 1 with bestes. SirT. Klyot, The Oovernour, Hi. 24. 
The Ollue and the Oak participate, 
Even to their earth, signes of their ancient hate. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Furies. 
Of fellowship I speak, 
Such as I seek, fit to participate 
All rational delight JliUm, P. L.. viii. 380. 
participle 
2f. To give a share of; communicate; din- 
| it-use. 
He | Bradford | was no niggard of his purse, hut would 
Ii i.i-ially participate that he had t hl fellow-prisoners. 
t'nir, quoted In lilog. Notice of J. Bradford (Parker Soo., 
[1S53X II- UXV. 
n. lull-nil.*. 1. To take part; partake; have 
a share in common with others: followed by 
, formerly by of, before the object. 
There appear to be no simple natures ; but all partici- 
pate or consist of two. Bacon, Fable of Pan. 
His delivery and thy joy thereon, . . . 
In both which we as next participate. 
Milton, 8. A., 1. 1607. 
Either In joy or sorrow, my friend should participate in 
my feelings. OoUmuth, Citizen of the World, \ MI. 
2. To have features or characteristics in com- 
mon with another or others. 
Few creatures participate of the nature of plants and 
metals both. / 
The clay In many places vnder the cllfts by the high 
water marke did grow vp in red and white knots as gum 
out of trees ; and In some places so participated together 
as though they were all of one nature. 
Quoted In Capt. John Smith's Works, I. 176. 
Participating tone. Sec tone. =Syn. 1. Share, Partici- 
pate in. etc. See partake. 
participation (par-tis-i-pa'shon), H. [< ME. 
partictpacioun, < OF. (and F.) participation = 
Sp. participation = Pg. participacSo = It. par- 
ticipazione, < LL. participatio(n-), a partaking, 
< L. participare, pp. partieipattu, participate: 
see participate.] 1. The act or fact of partici- 
pating or sharing in common with another or 
with others; the act or state of receiving or 
having part of something. 
But alle thyng that Is good, quod she, grauntest thou 
that It be good by the participaciaun of good or no? 
Chaucer, Boethlus, iii. prose 11. 
Poesy . . . was ever thought to have some participation 
at divlneness. Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 148. 
Those deities are so by participation, and subordinate to 
the Supreme. Stilling fleet. 
Beyond participation He 
My troubles, and beyond relief. 
Wordsworth, Affliction of Margaret , st 11. 
2f. Distribution ; division into shares. 
It BUfflceth not that the country hath wherewith to sus- 
tain even more than live upon it. If means be wanting 
whereby to drive convenient participation of the general 
store Into a great number of well-dcservtrs. Raleigh. 
3f. Companionship. 
Their spirits are so married in conjunction with the 
participation of society that they flock together In consent, 
like so many wild-geese. Shale., 2 Hen. IV., v. 1. 78. 
Medium of participation. See medium. 
participative (par-tis'i-pa-tiv), a. [= F. par- 
ticipatif; as participate + -ive.] Capable of 
participating, 
participator (par-tis'i-pa-tor), n. [= Pg. par- 
ticipaaor= It. participatore, < LL. participator, 
< L. participare, pp. participating, participate: 
see participate.] One who participates; one who 
partakes, participates, or shares with another: 
as, participators in our misfortunes. 
ticipittm, participle: see participle.] I. a. 1. 
Having the nature and use of a participle. 
In German the present participle, In a purely participial 
sense as distinguished from an adjective sense. Is as rare 
as in English it is common. Amer. Jour. Phtiol., IX. 137. 
2. Formed from or consisting of a participle: 
as-a participial noun ; a participial adjective. 
II. n. A word formed from a verb, and shar- 
ing the verbal with the noun or adjective con- 
struction. [Rare.] 
The new philology embraces the participle, the inflnl 
five, the gerund, and the supine, all under the general 
name of participial*. '/.'' 
participialize (par-ti-sip'i-al-iz), r. t. ; pret. and 
pp. participiitlizca't-ppT.participializiiig. [(par- 
ticipial + -t're.] To form into a participle. 
[Bare.] 
But the question Is not between a naked finite verb on 
the one hand and the participialized Unite verb on the 
other, but between two finite verbs. 
Amer. Jour. PhUol., IX 144. 
participially (par-ti-sip'i-al-i), arir. In the 
sense or manner of a participle ; as a participle. 
participle (par'ti-si-pl), n. [With unorig. -te, 
as also inprinciple, syllable, etc. ; < F.participe 
= Sp. Pg. It. participio = G. particip, partici- 
pium = Dan. particip = 8w. participitim, < L. 
participium, a participle; in LL. in lit. sense, 
a partaking, sharing, < L. particeps, partaking, 
sharing: see participate.] If. Whatever par- 
takes of the nature of two or more other things ; 
something that is part one thing and part an- 
other; a mongrel. 
