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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Part \Part\ (p[aum]rt), n. [F. part, L. pars, gen. partis; cf. parere to bring forth, produce. Cf. {Parent}, {Depart}, {Parcel}, {Partner}, {Party}, {Portion}.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] And kept back part of the price, . . . and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles'feet. --Acts v. 2. [1913 Webster] Our ideas of extension and number -- do they not contain a secret relation of the parts ? --Locke. [1913 Webster] I am a part of all that I have met. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, specifically: (a) 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. [1913 Webster] An homer is the tenth part of an ephah. --Ex. xvi. 36. [1913 Webster] A thought which, quartered, hath but one part wisdom, And ever three parts coward. --Shak. [1913 Webster] (b) A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole; a member; an organ; an essential element. [1913 Webster] All the parts were formed . . . into one harmonious body. --Locke. [1913 Webster] The pulse, the glow of every part. --Keble. [1913 Webster] (c) A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; -- usually in the plural with a collective sense. "Men of considerable parts." --Burke. "Great quickness of parts." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] Which maintained so politic a state of evil, that they will not admit any good part to intermingle with them. --Shak. [1913 Webster] (d) Quarter; region; district; -- usually in the plural. "The uttermost part of the heaven." --Neh. i. 9. [1913 Webster] All parts resound with tumults, plaints, and fears. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] (e) (Math.) 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. [1913 Webster] 3. 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. [1913 Webster] We have no part in David. --2 Sam. xx. 1. [1913 Webster] Accuse not Nature! she hath done her part; Do thou but thine. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Let me bear My part of danger with an equal share. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. Hence, specifically: (a) One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or a controversy; a faction. [1913 Webster] For he that is not against us is on our part. --Mark ix. 40. [1913 Webster] Make whole kingdoms take her brother's part. --Waller. [1913 Webster] (b) 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; as, to play the part of Macbeth. See {To act a part}, under {Act}. [1913 Webster] That part Was aptly fitted and naturally performed. --Shak. [1913 Webster] It was a brute part of him to kill so capital a calf. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Honor and shame from no condition rise; Act well your part, there all the honor lies. --Pope. [1913 Webster] (c) (Mus.) 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. [1913 Webster] {For my part}, so far as concerns me; for my share. {For the most part}. See under {Most}, a. {In good part}, as well done; favorably; acceptably; in a friendly manner; as, to take an act in good part. --Hooker. {In ill part}, unfavorably; with displeasure. {In part}, in some degree; partly. {Part and parcel}, an essential or constituent portion; -- a reduplicative phrase. Cf. {might and main}, {kith and kin}, etc. "She was . . . part and parcel of the race and place." --Howitt. {Part of speech} (Gram.), a sort or class of words of a particular character; thus, the noun is a part of speech denoting the name of a thing; the verb is a part of speech which asserts something of the subject of a sentence. {Part owner} (Law), one of several owners or tenants in common. See {Joint tenant}, under {Joint}. {Part singing}, singing in which two or more of the harmonic parts are taken. {Part song}, a song in two or more (commonly four) distinct vocal parts. "A part song differs from a madrigal in its exclusion of contrapuntual devices; from a glee, in its being sung by many voices, instead of by one only, to each part." --Stainer & Barrett. [1913 Webster] Syn: Portion; section; division; fraction; fragment; piece; share; constituent. See {Portion}, and {Section}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] There, [celestial love] parted into rainbow hues. --Keble. [1913 Webster] 2. To divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to allot; to apportion; to share. [1913 Webster] To part his throne, and share his heaven with thee. --Pope. [1913 Webster] They parted my raiment among them. --John xix. 24. [1913 Webster] 3. To separate or disunite; to cause to go apart; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder. [1913 Webster] The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me. --Ruth i. 17. [1913 Webster] While he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. --Luke xxiv. 51. [1913 Webster] The narrow seas that part The French and English. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. Hence: To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene betwixt, as combatants. [1913 Webster] The stumbling night did part our weary powers. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion; as, to part gold from silver. [1913 Webster] The liver minds his own affair, . . . And parts and strains the vital juices. --Prior. [1913 Webster] 6. To leave; to quit. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Since presently your souls must part your bodies. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 7. To separate (a collection of objects) into smaller collections; as, to part one's hair in the middle. [PJC] {To part a cable} (Naut.), to break it. {To part company}, to separate, as travelers or companions. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Part \Part\, v. i. 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To go away; to depart; to take leave; to quit each other; hence, to die; -- often with from. [1913 Webster] He wrung Bassanio's hand, and so they parted. --Shak. [1913 Webster] He owned that he had parted from the duke only a few hours before. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] His precious bag, which he would by no means part from. --G. Eliot. [1913 Webster] 3. To perform an act of parting; to relinquish a connection of any kind; -- followed by with or from; as, to part with one's money. [1913 Webster] Celia, for thy sake, I part With all that grew so near my heart. --Waller. [1913 Webster] Powerful hands . . . will not part Easily from possession won with arms. --Milton. [1913 Webster] It was strange to him that a father should feel no tenderness at parting with an only son. --A. Trollope. [1913 Webster] 4. To have a part or share; to partake. [Obs.] "They shall part alike." --1 Sam. xxx. 24. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Part \Part\, adv. Partly; in a measure. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: part adv 1: in part; in some degree; not wholly; "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed" [syn: {partially}, {partly}, {part}] [ant: {all}, {altogether}, {completely}, {entirely}, {totally}, {whole}, {wholly}] n 1: something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton" [syn: {part}, {portion}, {component part}, {component}, {constituent}] 2: something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" [syn: {part}, {portion}] 3: a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite" [syn: {part}, {piece}] 4: that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation; "it requires vigilance on our part"; "they resisted every effort on his part" 5: the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space" [syn: {region}, {part}] 6: the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role" [syn: {function}, {office}, {part}, {role}] 7: an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona" [syn: {character}, {role}, {theatrical role}, {part}, {persona}] 8: assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash" [syn: {share}, {portion}, {part}, {percentage}] 9: one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division" [syn: {part}, {section}, {division}] 10: a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions; "his part was right in the middle" [syn: {part}, {parting}] 11: the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part" [syn: {part}, {voice}] 12: the part played by a person in bringing about a result; "I am proud of my contribution in advancing the project"; "they all did their share of the work" [syn: {contribution}, {part}, {share}] v 1: go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party" [syn: {separate}, {part}, {split}] 2: discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up" [syn: {separate}, {part}, {split up}, {split}, {break}, {break up}] 3: leave; "The family took off for Florida" [syn: {depart}, {part}, {start}, {start out}, {set forth}, {set off}, {set out}, {take off}] 4: come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" [syn: {separate}, {divide}, {part}] 5: force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" [syn: {separate}, {disunite}, {divide}, {part}] From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]: part /paʀ/ part; Parthian; share; part; piece; share; share From Swedish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-swe-eng]: part 1. faction; party; side 2. part; Parthian; share From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: Part /pɑrt/ 1. part; Parthian; share 2. 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