 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
parted
adjective: having a margin incised almost to the base so as to create
distinct divisions or lobes
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Part \Part\ (p[aum]rt), verb (used with an object) [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}, noun]
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.
There, [celestial love] parted into rainbow hues.
--Keble.
2. To divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to allot;
to apportion; to share.
To part his throne, and share his heaven with thee.
--Pope.
They parted my raiment among them. --John xix.
24.
3. To separate or disunite; to cause to go apart; to remove
from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but
death part thee and me. --Ruth i. 17.
While he blessed them, he was parted from them, and
carried up into heaven. --Luke xxiv.
51.
The narrow seas that part
The French and English. --Shak.
4. Hence: To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene
betwixt, as combatants.
The stumbling night did part our weary powers.
--Shak.
5. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or
secretion; as, to part gold from silver.
The liver minds his own affair, . . .
And parts and strains the vital juices. --Prior.
6. To leave; to quit. [Obs.]
Since presently your souls must part your bodies.
--Shak.
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
parted \part"ed\ (p[aum]rt"[e^]d), adjective
1. Separated; divided.
2. Endowed with parts or abilities. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
3. (Bot.) Cleft so that the divisions reach nearly, but not
quite, to the midrib, or the base of the blade; -- said of
a leaf, and used chiefly in composition; as, three-parted,
five-parted, etc. --Gray.
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