Part
Definition of Part
Pronunciation: pärt | n. | 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.I am a part of all that I have met. - Tennyson. | | 2. | 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. | | 3. | A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole; a member; an organ; an essential element. | | 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.We have no part in David. - 2 Sam. xx. 1. | | 4. | A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; - usually in the plural with a collective sense. | | 4. | One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or a controversy; a faction.For he that is not against us is on our part. - Mark ix. 40. | | 5. | Quarter; region; district; - usually in the plural. | | 5. | 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. | | 6. | (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. | | 6. | (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.| For the most part | | See under Most, a. |
| | v. t. | 1. | | | 1. | To divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into two or more parts or pieces; to sever. | | 2. | To divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to allot; to apportion; to share. | | 3. | To separate or disunite; to cause to go apart; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder. | | 4. | To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene betwixt, as combatants. | | 5. | To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion; as, to part gold from silver. | | 6. | To leave; to quit. | | 7. | To separate (a collection of objects) into smaller collections; as, to part one's hair in the middle.| To part a cable | | (Naut.) to break it. |
| | 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. | | 2. | To go away; to depart; to take leave; to quit each other; hence, to die; - often with from. | | 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. | | 4. | To have a part or share; to partake. | | adv. | 1. | Partly; in a measure. |
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