adjective
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botany divided almost to the base
parted leaves
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heraldry showing two coats of arms divided by a vertical central line
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of parted
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at part, -ed 2
Example Sentences
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Ferrabosco’s surviving number, “Come Away, Come Away,” was a pleasantly simple tune, less sophisticated than John Coprario’s mourning song, “So Parted You,” in which the violins plaintively echoed the singer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025
Employment Service Washington Parted Per Pale Sirs: Parted per pale; the first argent, a cross gules; second, azure, a swan proper, ducally gorged and chained or.
From Time Magazine Archive
There, through the summer day Cool streams are laving: There, while the tempests sway, Scarce are boughs waving; There thy rest shalt thou take, Parted for ever, Never again to wake Never, O never!
From The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language by Palgrave, Francis Turner
Coleridge resolves to go home 117 Arrochar—Loch Long 118 Parted with Coleridge 119 Glen Croe—The Cobbler 121 Glen Kinglas—Cairndow 123 16.
From Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 by Shairp, John Campbell
Parted, cleft nearly, but not quite, to the base.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
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