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the fcenes: we muft not chufe which part we (hall aft; it 
concerns us only to be careful, that we do it well. Bp. 
Taylor's Holy Living. —Bufinefs ; duty.—Let them be 
fo furniflied and inftrucled for the military part, as they 
may defend themfelves. Bacon. —Aftion ; conduft : 
Find him, my lord, 
And chide him hither ftrait : this part of his 
Conjoins with my difeafe. Shaliefpeare. 
Relation reciprocal.—The fcripture tells us the terms of 
this covenant on God’s part and our’s ; namely, that he 
will be our God, and we (hall be his people. Tillotfon. 
It might be deem’d, on our hiftorian’s part, 
Or too much negligence or want of art, 
If he forgot the vaft magnificence 
v Of royal Thefeus. Dryden. 
In good part ; in ill part : as well done ; as ill done.— 
God accepteth it in good part, at the hands of faithful 
men. Hoolter. —[In the plural.] Qualities ; powers ; fa¬ 
culties, or accomplifhments.—Any employment of our 
talents, whether of our parts, our time or money, that 
is not ftriftly according to the will of God, that is not 
for fuch ends as are fuitable to his glory, are as great ab- 
furdities and failings. Law. 
I conjure thee, by all the parts of man. 
Which honour does acknowledge. Shaliefpeare. 
Quarters; regions ; diftrifts.—Although no man was, 
in our parts, fpoken of, but he, for his manhood ; yet, 
as though therein he excelled himfelf, he was called the 
courteous Amphialus. Sidney. —When he had gone over 
thofe parts, he came into Greece. Ads xx. 2. 
All parts refound with tumults, plaint, and fears ; 
And grifly death, in fundry fliapes, appears. Dryden. 
For the rnojl part. Commonly; oftener than otherwife. 
—Of a plain and honeft nature, for the ihojl part, they 
were found to be. Heylin. 
PART, adv. Partly; in fome meafure : 
For the fair kindnefs you have fhew’d me, 
And part being prompted, by your prefent trouble. 
I’ll lend you fomething. Shaliefpeare's Tiv. Night. 
To PART, v. a. To divide ; to (hare ; to diftribute.— 
All that believed, fold their goods, and parted them to 
all men, as every man had need. Ads ii. 45. 
Jove himfelf no lefs content wou’d be 
To part his throne, and (hare his heaven with thee. Pope. 
Tofeparate; to difunite.—Nought but death (hall part 
thee and me. Ruth i. 17. 
All the world, 
As’twere the bufinefs of mankind to part us, 
Is arm’d againft my love. Dryden. 
To break into pieces. —Part it in pieces, and pour oil 
thereon. Levit. ii. 6.—To keep afunder : 
In the narrow feas that part 
The French and Englifii, there mifcarried 
A veflel of our country. Sliakefpeare. 
To feparate combatants.—The Humbling night did part 
our weary powers. Shaliefpeare. 
Jove did both hofts furvey. 
And, when he pleas’d to thunder, part the fray. Waller. 
To fecern: 
The liver minds his own affair, 
And parts and drains the vital juices. Prior. 
To PART, v. 71. To be feparated. — Powerful hands 
will not part eafily from pofl'effion. Milton. 
’Twas for him much eaiier to fubdue 
Thofe foes he fought with, than to part from you. Dryden. 
To quit each other.—He wrung Baftanio’s hand, and fo 
they parted. Shaliefpeare, —If it pleafes God to reftore 
me to my health, I (hall make a third journey; if not, 
we muft part, as all human creatures have parted. Swift. 
What! part, for ever part? unkind Ifmena ; 
Oh ! can you think, that death is half fo dreadful, 
As it would be to live without thee. Smith. 
To take farewell. — Upon his removal, they parted from 
him with tears in their eyes. Swift. 
Ere I could 
Give him that parting kifs, which I had fet 
Betwixt two charming words, comes in my father. Shafief. 
Nuptial bower! by me adorn’d, from thee 
How (hall I part, and whither wander ? Milton's P. L. 
To have (hare.—As his part is that goeth down to the 
battle, fo (hall his part be that tarrieth by the fluff; 
they (ltall part alike. 1 Sam. xxx. 24.— [ Partir , Fr.] To 
go away ; to fet out; 
So parted they ; the angel up to heaven 
From the thick (hade, and Adam to his bower. Milton. 
To part with. To quit; to refign; to lofe ; to be 
feparated from.—The ideas of hunger and warmth are 
fome of the firft that children have, and which they fcaree 
ever part with. Locke. —What a defpicable figure muft 
mock-patriots make, who venture to be hanged for the 
ruin of thofe civil rights, which their anceftors, rather 
than part with, chofe to be cut to pieces in the field of 
battle ? Addifon's Freeholder. —The good things of this 
world fo delight in, as remember, that we are to part 
tvith them, to exchange them for more durable enjoy¬ 
ments. Atterbury. —As for riches and power, our Saviour 
plainly determines, that the bed way to make them blef- 
fings, is topart with them. Swift's Mifcell. 
Celia, for thy fake, I part 
With all that grew fo near my heart; 
And, that I may fuccefsful prove, 
Transform myfelf to what you love. Waller. 
Thou marble hew’ft, ere long to part with breath ; 
And lioufes rear’d, unmindful of thy death. Sandys. 
PAR'TABLE, adj. Divifible; fuch as may be parted. 
—His hot love was portable among three other of his 
miftrefles. Camden's Remains. 
PARTABPOU'R, a town of Bengal : twenty-five 
miles eaft of Midnapour. Lat. 22. 21. N. Ion. 87. 50. E. 
PARTABPOU'R, a town of Hindooftan, in Oude: 
ten miles eaft of Fyzabad. 
PAR'TAGE, f. [French.] Divifion ; aft cf (haring 
or parting.—Men have agreed to a difproportionate and 
unequal pofieftion of the earth, having found out a way, 
how a man may fairly pofiefs more land than he himfelf 
can ufe the produft of, by receiving, in exchange for 
the overplus, gold and fiiver: this partage of things, 
in an equality of private pofieftions, men have made 
prafticable out of the bounds of fociety, without coin- 
pad, only by putting a value on gold and fiiver, and 
tacitly agreeing in the ufe of money. Locke. 
To PARTA'KE, v. n. preterite, I partook ; participle 
pad! \e, partaken; [from part and take.'] To have (hare of any 
thing; to take (hare with : it is commonly ufed with of 
before the thing (hared. Locke ufes it with in. —How far 
brutes partake in this faculty is not eafy to determine. 
Locke. —Truth and falfehood have no other trial, but 
reafon and proof which they made ufe of to make them¬ 
felves knowing, and fo muft others too, that will partake 
in their knowledge. Locke. 
Partake and ufe my kingdom as your own, 
And (hall be yours while I command the crown. Dryden. 
To participate ; to have fomething of the property, na¬ 
ture, claim, or right.—The attorney of the duchy of Lan- 
calter partakes partly of a judge, and partly of an at¬ 
torney-general. Bacon. —To be admitted to j not to be 
excluded ;• 
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