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Webster 1913 Edition
Part
Part
(pärt)
, Noun.
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. And kept back
part
of the price, . . . and brought a certain part
and laid it at the apostles’feet. Acts v. 2.
Our ideas of extension and number – do they not contain a secret relation of the
parts
? Locke.
I am a
part
of all that I have met. Tennyson.
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.
An homer is the tenth
part
of an ephah. Ex. xvi. 36.
A thought which, quartered, hath but one
And ever three
part
wisdom,And ever three
parts
coward. Shakespeare
(b)
A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole; a member; an organ; an essential element.
All the
parts
were formed . . . into one harmonious body. Locke.
The pulse, the glow of every
part
. Keble.
(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.
Which maintained so politic a state of evil, that they will not admit any good
part
to intermingle with them. Shakespeare
(d)
Quarter; region; district; – usually in the plural.
“The uttermost part of the heaven.” Neh. i. 9.
All
parts
resound with tumults, plaints, and fears. Dryden.
(e)
(Math.)
Such portion of any quantity, as when taken a certain number of times, will exactly make that quantity;
as, 3 is a
– the opposite of part
of 12; multiple
. Also, a line or other element of a geometrical figure. 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.
Accuse not Nature! she hath done her
Do thou but thine.
part
;Do thou but thine.
Milton.
Let me bear
My
My
part
of danger with an equal share. Dryden.
4.
Hence, specifically:
(a)
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.
Make whole kingdoms take her brother's
part
. Waller.
(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
. See part
of MacbethTo act a part
, under Act
. That
Was aptly fitted and naturally performed.
part
Was aptly fitted and naturally performed.
Shakespeare
It was a brute
part
of him to kill so capital a calf. Shakespeare
Honor and shame from no condition rise;
Act well your
Act well your
part
, there all the honor lies. Pope.
(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.For my part
, so far as concerns me; for my share.
– For the most part
. See under
– Most
, Adj.
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.
“She was . . . part and parcel of the race and place.” might and main
, kith and kin
, etc. 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 sentencePart 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.
Part
(pärt)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Parted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Parting
.] 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
The French and English.
part
The French and English.
Shakespeare
4.
Hence:
To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene betwixt, as combatants.
The stumbling night did
part
our weary powers. Shakespeare
5.
To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion;
as, to
. part
gold from silverThe liver minds his own affair, . . .
And
And
parts
and strains the vital juices. Prior.
6.
To leave; to quit.
[Obs.]
Since presently your souls must
part
your bodies. Shakespeare
To part a cable
(Naut.)
, to break it.
– To part company
, to separate, as travelers or companions.
Part
,Verb.
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.
He wrung Bassanio's hand, and so they
parted
. Shakespeare
He owned that he had
parted
from the duke only a few hours before. Macaulay.
His precious bag, which he would by no means
part
from. G. Eliot.
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 moneyCelia, for thy sake, I
With all that grew so near my heart.
part
With all that grew so near my heart.
Waller.
Powerful hands . . . will not
Easily from possession won with arms.
part
Easily from possession won with arms.
Milton.
It was strange to him that a father should feel no tenderness at
parting
with an only son. A. Trollope.
4.
To have a part or share; to partake.
[Obs.]
“They shall part alike.” 1 Sam. xxx. 24.
Part
,adv.
Partly; in a measure.
[R.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Part
P`ART
,Noun.
1.
A portion, piece or fragment separated from a whole thing; as, to divide an orange into five parts.2.
A portion or quantity of a thing not separated in fact, but considered or mentioned by itself. In what part of England is Oxford situated? So we say, the upper part or lower part, the fore part, a remote part, a small part, or a great part. The people stood at the nether part of the mount. Ex.19.
3.
A portion of number, separated or considered by itself; as a part of the nation or congregation.4.
A portion or component particle; as the component parts of a fossil or metal.5.
A portion of man; as the material part or body,or the intellectual part, the soul or understanding; the perishable part; the immortal part.6.
A member. All the parts were formed in his mind into one harmonious body.
7.
Particular division; distinct species or sort belonging to a whole; as all the parts of domestic business or of a manufacture.8.
Ingredient in a mingled mass; a portion in a compound.9.
That which falls to each in division; share; as, let me bear my part of the danger. 10. Proportional quantity; as four parts of lime with three of sand.
11. Share; concern; interest.
Sheba said, we have no part in David. 2 Sam.20.
12. Side; party; interest; faction.
And make whole kingdoms take her brother's part.
13. Something relating or belonging to; that which concerns; as for your part; for his part; for her part.
For my part, I have no servile end in my labor.
14. Share of labor, action or influence; particular office or business.
Accuse not nature, she hath done her part,
Do thou but thine.
15. Character appropriated in a play. The parts of the comedy were judiciously cast and admirable performed.
16. Action; conduct.
17. In mathematics, such a portion of any quantity, as when taken a certain number of times, will exactly make that quantity. Thus 3 is a part of 12. It is the opposite of multiple.
Parts, in the plural, qualities; powers; faculties; accomplishments.
Such licentious parts tend for the most part to the hurt of the English--
Parts, applied to place, signifies quarters, regions, districts.
When he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece. Acts.20.
All parts resound with tumults, plaints and fears.
In general, parts is used for excellent or superior endowments, or more than ordinary talents. This is what we understand by the phrase, a man of parts.
In good part, as well done; favorably; acceptably; in a friendly manner; not in displeasure.
God accepteth it in good part at the hands of faithful man.ill part, as ill done; unfavorably; with displeasure.
For the most part, commonly; oftener than otherwise.
In part, in some degree or extent; partly.
Logical part, among schoolmen, a division of some universal as its whole; in which sense, species are parts of a genus, and individuals are parts of a species.
Physical parts, are of two kinds,homogeneous and heterogeneous; the first is of the same denomination; the second of different ones.
Aliquot part, is a quantity which being repeated any number of times, becomes equal to an integer. Thus 6 is an aliquot part of 24.
Aliquant part, is a quantity which being repeated any number of times, becomes greater or less than the whole, as 5 is an aliquant part of 17.
Part of speech, in grammar, a sort or class of words of a particular character. Thus the noun is part of speech, denoting the names of things, or those vocal sounds which usage has attached to things. The verb is a part of speech expressing motion, action or being.
P`ART
,Verb.
T.
1.
To divide, separate or break; to sever into two or more pieces.2.
To divide into shares; to distribute. Acts.2.3.
To separate or disunite, as things which are near each other. Ruth 1.4.
To keep asunder; to separate. A narrow sea parts England from France.5.
To separate, as combatants. Night parted the armies.6.
To secern; to secrete. The liver minds his own affair,
And parts and strains the vital juices.
7.
In seamen's language, to break; as, the ship parted her cables.8.
To separate metals.P`ART
,Verb.
I.
Powerful hands will not part
Easily from possession won with arms.
1.
To quit each other. He wrung Bassanio's hand, and so they parted.
2.
To take or bid farewell.3.
To have a share. They shall part alike. 1 Sam.30.
4.
To go away; to depart. Thy father
Embraced me, parting for th' Etrurian land.
5.
To break; to be torn asunder. The cable parted.part with, to quit; to resign; to lose; to be separated from; as, to part with near friends. Celia, for thy sake I part
With all that grew so near my heart.