dispart

American  

[dis-pahrt] / dɪsˈpɑrt /

verb (used with or without object)

1. to divide into parts; separate; sunder.

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Other Word Forms

• dispartment noun

Etymology

Origin of dispart

1580–90; apparently < Italian dispartire < Latin dispartīre to part, separate, divide, equivalent to dis- dis- ¹ + partīre to share out, derivative of part- part

Example Sentences

So he withdrew him to sleep, for he was sore wearied; but with him went the wolf, and he lay at the king's feet, nor might any man dispart them.

From Tales from the Old French by Various

That Roman, that Judean bond United then dispart no more— Pierce through the veil; the rind beyond Lies hid the legend's deeper lore.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)

The envelope used with the bullet in old rifles.—Muzzle-patch is a projection on the top of the muzzle of some guns, doing away with the effect of dispart in laying.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

Ah, one and all, how they helped would dispart now and now combine, Zealous to hasten the work, heighten their master his praise!

From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)

What bids the lips of thy sleep dispart?

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert