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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

tripartitus

;

tri-

(see

) +

partitus

, p. p. of

partiri

to part, to divide. See

Verb.

]

Divided into three parts; triparted;

as, a

tripartite

leaf

Having three corresponding parts or copies;

as, to make indentures

tripartite

A. Smith.

Made between three parties;

as, a

tripartite

treaty

Adj.

[L. tripartitus; tres, three, and partitus, divided; partior.]

Divided into three parts. In botany, a tripartite leaf is one which is divided into three parts down to the base, but not wholly separate.

Having three corresponding parts or copies; as indentures tripartite.