Part

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·adv Partly; in a measure.

II. Part ·noun Quarter; region; district;

— usually in the plural.

III. Part ·vi To have a part or share; to Partake.

IV. Part ·noun To Leave; to Quit.

V. Part ·noun Hence: To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene betwixt, as combatants.

VI. Part ·noun One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or a controversy; a faction.

VII. Part ·noun A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole; a member; an organ; an essential element.

VIII. Part ·noun To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion; as, to part gold from silver.

IX. Part ·vi To perform an act of parting; to relinquish a connection of any kind;

— followed by with or from.

X. Part ·noun A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent;

— usually in the plural with a collective sense.

XI. Part ·vi To go away; to Depart; to take leave; to quit each other; hence, to die;

— often with from.

XII. Part ·noun To separate or disunite; to cause to go apart; to remove from contact or contiguity; to Sunder.

XIII. Part ·noun To Divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into two or more parts or pieces; to Sever.

XIV. Part ·noun To divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to Allot; to Apportion; to Share.

XV. Part ·vi To be broken or divided into parts or pieces; to Break; to become separated; to go asunder; as, rope parts; his hair parts in the middle.

XVI. Part ·noun That which belongs to one, or which is assumed by one, or which falls to one, in a division or apportionment; share; portion; lot; interest; concern; duty; office.

XVII. Part ·noun An equal constituent portion; one of several or many like quantities, numbers, ·etc., into which anything is divided, or of which it is composed; proportional division or ingredient.

XVIII. Part ·noun One of the different melodies of a concerted composition, which heard in union compose its harmony; also, the music for each voice or instrument; as, the treble, tenor, or bass part; the violin part, ·etc.

XIX. Part ·noun Such portion of any quantity, as when taken a certain number of times, will exactly make that quantity; as, 3 is a part of 12;

— the opposite of multiple. Also, a line or other element of a geometrical figure.

XX. Part ·noun A particular character in a drama or a play; an assumed personification; also, the language, actions, and influence of a character or an actor in a play; or, figuratively, in real life. ·see To act a part, under Act.

XXI. Part ·noun One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass, or the like, regarded as going to make up, with others, a larger number, quantity, mass, ·etc., whether actually separate or not; a piece; a fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a constituent.

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