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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Part \Part\, 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. 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 part wisdom, And ever three parts coward. --Shak. 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 --Shak. 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 part of 12; -- the opposite of 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 part Do thou but thine. --Milton. Let me bear 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. See {To act a part}, under {Act}. That part Was aptly fitted and naturally performed. --Shak. It was a brute part of him to kill so capital a calf. --Shak. Honor and shame from no condition rise; 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}, a. {In good part}, as well done favorably; acceptably; in a friendly manner. --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. Syn: Portion; section; division; fraction; fragment; piece; share; constituent. See {Portion}, and {Section}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Part \Part\, adv Partly; in a measure. [R.] --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Part \Part\, 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.] 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. {To part a cable} (Naut.), to break it {To part company}, to separate, as travelers or companions. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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. --Shak. 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 Celia, for thy sake, I part With all that grew so near my heart. --Waller. Powerful hands . . . will not 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: part adj : relating to only part of a whole; "part owner" [syn: {part(a)}] 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" [syn: {portion}, {component part}, {component}] 2: the extended spatial location of something "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space" [syn: {region}] 3: so far as concerns the actor specified; "it requires vigilance on our part" or "they resisted every effort on his part" 4: something less than the whole of a human artifact: "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" [syn: {portion}] 5: 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: {section}, {division}] 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" or "play its role" or "do its duty" [syn: {function}, {office}, {role}] 7: a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite" [syn: {piece}] 8: an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona" [syn: {character}, {role}, {theatrical role}, {persona}] 9: an asset belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group "he wanted his share in cash" [syn: {share}, {portion}, {percentage}] 10: any one of a number of individual efforts in a common endeavor: "I am proud of my contribution to the team's success"; "they all did their share of the work" [syn: {contribution}, {share}] 11: the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part" [syn: {voice}] 12: a line where the hair is parted; "his part was right in the middle" adv : in part in some degree; not wholly; "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed" [syn: {partly}, {partially}] [ant: {wholly}] v 1: go one's own away move apart; "The friends separated after the party" [syn: {separate}, {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}, {split up}, {split}, {break}, {break up}] 3: leave "The family took off for Florida" [syn: {depart}, {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}] 5: force, take or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" [syn: {separate}, {disunite}, {divide}]
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