dispart
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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
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"Yes, but you have not yet arrived at the dispart of the compass."
From Mr. Midshipman Easy by Marryat, Frederick
We swung our way through flying men, Your hand lay fast in mine: We saw the shifting crowd dispart, The level ice-reach shine.
From New Poems by Stevenson, Robert Louis
A priest himself the blameless rustic rose; Expert the destined victim to dispart In seven just portions, pure of hand and heart.
From The Odyssey by Pope, Alexander
His heart travaileth and his body is anguished, and it behooveth the twain to dispart, and the soul to leave the body.
From Tales from the Old French by Various
“Yes, but you have not yet arrived at the dispart of the compass.”
From Mr. Midshipman Easy by Marryat, Frederick
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