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Webster 1913 Edition
Apartment
A-part′ment
,Noun.
[F.
appartement
; cf. It. appartamento
, fr. appartare
to separate, set apart; all fr. L. ad
+ pars
, partis
, part. See Apart
.] 1.
A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions.
Fielding.
2.
A set or suite of rooms.
De Quincey.
3.
A compartment.
[Obs.]
Pope.
Webster 1828 Edition
Apartment
AP'ARTMENT
,Noun.
A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions; a place separated by inclosure.