Part \Part\ (p[aum]rt), 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.
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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.
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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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