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; a number, quantity, mass, or the like, regarded as going to make up, with others, a larger number, quantity, mass, etc., whether actually separate or not; a piece; a fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a constituent.

And kept back

part

of the price, . . . and brought a certain

part

and laid it at the apostles’feet.

Acts v. 2.

Our ideas of extension and number – do they not contain a secret relation of the

parts

Locke.

I am a

part

of all that I have met.

Tennyson.

Hence, specifically:

(a)

An equal constituent portion; one of several or many like quantities, numbers, etc., into which anything is divided, or of which it is composed; proportional division or ingredient.

An homer is the tenth

part

of an ephah.

Ex. xvi. 36.

A thought which, quartered, hath but one

part

wisdom,
And ever three

parts

coward.

Shakespeare

(b)

A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole; a member; an organ; an essential element.

All the

parts

were formed . . . into one harmonious body.

Locke.

The pulse, the glow of every

part

Keble.

(c)

A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; – usually in the plural with a collective sense.

“Men of considerable parts.”

Burke.

“Great quickness of parts.”

Macaulay.

Which maintained so politic a state of evil, that they will not admit any good

part

to intermingle with them.

Shakespeare

(d)

Quarter; region; district; – usually in the plural.

“The uttermost part of the heaven.”

Neh. i. 9.

All

parts

resound with tumults, plaints, and fears.

Dryden.

(e)

(Math.)

Such portion of any quantity, as when taken a certain number of times, will exactly make that quantity;

as, 3 is a

part

of 12;

– the opposite of

multiple

. Also, a line or other element of a geometrical figure.

That which belongs to one, or which is assumed by one, or which falls to one, in a division or apportionment; share; portion; lot; interest; concern; duty; office.

We have no

part

in David.

2 Sam. xx. 1.

Accuse not Nature! she hath done her

part

;
Do thou but thine.

Milton.

Let me bear
My

part

of danger with an equal share.

Dryden.

Hence, specifically:

(a)

One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or a controversy; a faction.

For he that is not against us is on our

part

Mark ix. 40.

Make whole kingdoms take her brother's

part

Waller.

(b)

A particular character in a drama or a play; an assumed personification; also, the language, actions, and influence of a character or an actor in a play; or, figuratively, in real life;

as, to play the

part

of Macbeth

. See

To act a part

, under

Act

That

part

Was aptly fitted and naturally performed.

Shakespeare

It was a brute

part

of him to kill so capital a calf.

Shakespeare

Honor and shame from no condition rise;
Act well your

part

, there all the honor lies.

Pope.

(c)

(Mus.)

One of the different melodies of a concerted composition, which heard in union compose its harmony; also, the music for each voice or instrument;

as, the treble, tenor, or bass

part

; the violin

part

, etc.

For my part

so far as concerns me; for my share.

–

For the most part

See under

Most

Adj.

–

In good part

as well done; favorably; acceptably; in a friendly manner;

as, to take an act

in good part

Hooker.

–

In ill part

unfavorably; with displeasure.

–

In part

in some degree; partly.

–

Part and parcel

an essential or constituent portion; – a reduplicative phrase. Cf.

might and main

kith and kin

, etc.

“She was . . . part and parcel of the race and place.”

Howitt.

–

Part of speech

(Gram.)

a sort or class of words of a particular character;

thus, the noun is a

part of speech

denoting the name of a thing; the verb is a

part of speech

which asserts something of the subject of a sentence

–

Part owner

(Law)

one of several owners or tenants in common. See

Joint tenant

, under

Joint

–

Part singing

singing in which two or more of the harmonic parts are taken.

–

Part song

a song in two or more (commonly four) distinct vocal parts.

“A part song differs from a madrigal in its exclusion of contrapuntual devices; from a glee, in its being sung by many voices, instead of by one only, to each part.”

Stainer & Barrett.

Syn. – Portion; section; division; fraction; fragment; piece; share; constituent. See

Portion

, and

Section

Part

(pärt)

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Parted

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Parting

[F.

partir

, L.

partire

partiri

, p. p.

partitus

, fr.

pars

, gen.

partis

, a part. See

Part

Noun.

]

To divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into two or more parts or pieces; to sever.

“Thou shalt part it in pieces.”

Lev. ii. 6.

There, [celestial love]

parted

into rainbow hues.

Keble.

To divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to allot; to apportion; to share.

part

his throne, and share his heaven with thee.

Pope.

They

parted

my raiment among them.

John xix. 24.

To separate or disunite; to cause to go apart; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.

The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death

part

thee and me.

Ruth i. 17.

While he blessed them, he was

parted

from them, and carried up into heaven.

Luke xxiv. 51.

The narrow seas that

part

The French and English.

Shakespeare

Hence:

To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene betwixt, as combatants.

The stumbling night did

part

our weary powers.

Shakespeare

To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion;

as, to

part

gold from silver

The liver minds his own affair, . . .
And

parts

and strains the vital juices.

Prior.

To leave; to quit.

[Obs.]

Since presently your souls must

part

your bodies.

Shakespeare

To part a cable

(Naut.)

to break it.

–

To part company

to separate, as travelers or companions.

Part

Verb.

To be broken or divided into parts or pieces; to break; to become separated; to go asunder;

as, rope

parts

; his hair

parts

in the middle.

To go away; to depart; to take leave; to quit each other; hence, to die; – often with from.

He wrung Bassanio's hand, and so they

parted

Shakespeare

He owned that he had

parted

from the duke only a few hours before.

Macaulay.

His precious bag, which he would by no means

part

from.

G. Eliot.

To perform an act of parting; to relinquish a connection of any kind; – followed by

with

from

;

as, to

part

with one's money

Celia, for thy sake, I

part

With all that grew so near my heart.

Waller.

Powerful hands . . . will not

part

Easily from possession won with arms.

Milton.

It was strange to him that a father should feel no tenderness at

parting

with an only son.

A. Trollope.

To have a part or share; to partake.

[Obs.]

“They shall part alike.”

1 Sam. xxx. 24.

Part

adv.

Partly; in a measure.

[R.]

Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Part

P`ART

Noun.

[L. pars, partis.]

A portion, piece or fragment separated from a whole thing; as, to divide an orange into five parts.

A portion or quantity of a thing not separated in fact, but considered or mentioned by itself. In what part of England is Oxford situated? So we say, the upper part or lower part, the fore part, a remote part, a small part, or a great part.

The people stood at the nether part of the mount. Ex.19.

A portion of number, separated or considered by itself; as a part of the nation or congregation.

A portion or component particle; as the component parts of a fossil or metal.

A portion of man; as the material part or body,or the intellectual part, the soul or understanding; the perishable part; the immortal part.

A member.

All the parts were formed in his mind into one harmonious body.

Particular division; distinct species or sort belonging to a whole; as all the parts of domestic business or of a manufacture.

Ingredient in a mingled mass; a portion in a compound.

That which falls to each in division; share; as, let me bear my part of the danger.

10. Proportional quantity; as four parts of lime with three of sand.

11. Share; concern; interest.

Sheba said, we have no part in David. 2 Sam.20.

12. Side; party; interest; faction.

And make whole kingdoms take her brother's part.

13. Something relating or belonging to; that which concerns; as for your part; for his part; for her part.

For my part, I have no servile end in my labor.

14. Share of labor, action or influence; particular office or business.

Accuse not nature, she hath done her part,

Do thou but thine.

15. Character appropriated in a play. The parts of the comedy were judiciously cast and admirable performed.

16. Action; conduct.

17. In mathematics, such a portion of any quantity, as when taken a certain number of times, will exactly make that quantity. Thus 3 is a part of 12. It is the opposite of multiple.

Parts, in the plural, qualities; powers; faculties; accomplishments.

Such licentious parts tend for the most part to the hurt of the English--

Parts, applied to place, signifies quarters, regions, districts.

When he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece. Acts.20.

All parts resound with tumults, plaints and fears.

In general, parts is used for excellent or superior endowments, or more than ordinary talents. This is what we understand by the phrase, a man of parts.

In good part, as well done; favorably; acceptably; in a friendly manner; not in displeasure.

God accepteth it in good part at the hands of faithful man.ill part, as ill done; unfavorably; with displeasure.

For the most part, commonly; oftener than otherwise.

In part, in some degree or extent; partly.

Logical part, among schoolmen, a division of some universal as its whole; in which sense, species are parts of a genus, and individuals are parts of a species.

Physical parts, are of two kinds,homogeneous and heterogeneous; the first is of the same denomination; the second of different ones.

Aliquot part, is a quantity which being repeated any number of times, becomes equal to an integer. Thus 6 is an aliquot part of 24.

Aliquant part, is a quantity which being repeated any number of times, becomes greater or less than the whole, as 5 is an aliquant part of 17.

Part of speech, in grammar, a sort or class of words of a particular character. Thus the noun is part of speech, denoting the names of things, or those vocal sounds which usage has attached to things. The verb is a part of speech expressing motion, action or being.

P`ART

Verb.

[L. partio.]

To divide, separate or break; to sever into two or more pieces.

To divide into shares; to distribute. Acts.2.

To separate or disunite, as things which are near each other. Ruth 1.

To keep asunder; to separate. A narrow sea parts England from France.

To separate, as combatants. Night parted the armies.

To secern; to secrete.

The liver minds his own affair,

And parts and strains the vital juices.

In seamen's language, to break; as, the ship parted her cables.

To separate metals.

P`ART

Verb.

To be separated, removed or detached.

Powerful hands will not part

Easily from possession won with arms.

To quit each other.

He wrung Bassanio's hand, and so they parted.

To take or bid farewell.

To have a share.

They shall part alike. 1 Sam.30.

To go away; to depart.

Thy father

Embraced me, parting for th' Etrurian land.

To break; to be torn asunder. The cable parted.part with, to quit; to resign; to lose; to be separated from; as, to part with near friends.

Celia, for thy sake I part

With all that grew so near my heart.

Definition 2024

párt

See also: part, pârț, and part.

Hungarian

Noun

párt ‎(plural pártok)

party (political group)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	párt	pártok
accusative	pártot	pártokat
dative	pártnak	pártoknak
instrumental	párttal	pártokkal
causal-final	pártért	pártokért
translative	párttá	pártokká
terminative	pártig	pártokig
essive-formal	pártként	pártokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	pártban	pártokban
superessive	párton	pártokon
adessive	pártnál	pártoknál
illative	pártba	pártokba
sublative	pártra	pártokra
allative	párthoz	pártokhoz
elative	pártból	pártokból
delative	pártról	pártokról
ablative	párttól	pártoktól

Possessive forms of párt
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	pártom	pártjaim
2nd person sing.	pártod	pártjaid
3rd person sing.	pártja	pártjai
1st person plural	pártunk	pártjaink
2nd person plural	pártotok	pártjaitok
3rd person plural	pártjuk	pártjaik

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párt

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