compart

Verb

Open English WordNet

Verb (1)comparted, comparting

  1. lay out in parts according to a planMore general range, array
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Com·part′ transitive verb [past tense & past participle Comparted; present participle & verbal noun Comparting.]

Origin: L. compartiri; com- + partiri, partire to share, pars, partis, part, share: cf. OF. compartir. See Part, transitive verb

To divide; to mark out into parts or subdivisions. rare

The crystal surface is comparted all In niches verged with rubies.— Richard Glover

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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