dispart

[ dis-pahrt ]

/ dɪsˈpɑrt /

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verb (used with or without object)

to divide into parts; separate; sunder.

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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

OTHER WORDS FROM dispart

dis·part·ment, noun

Words nearby dispart

disparagement, disparaging, disparate, disparity, disparlure, dispart, dispassion, dispassionate, dispatch, dispatch boat, dispatch box

How to use dispart in a sentence

The four lovers did right valiantly, that they won praise above all the rest, till evening fell and it was time to dispart.
Tales from the Old French|Various
His heart travaileth and his body is anguished, and it behooveth the twain to dispart, and the soul to leave the body.
Tales from the Old French|Various
I—I thought on thee, and yet 't was strange, I could not dispart thee from Stephen in my thought.
Long Will|Florence Converse
Inquire, I beseech, if he seeketh to dispart from that cell?
Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall|Robert S. Hawker

General Millar's simple dispart—a sliding pillar bearing a scale graduated to tangents of degrees for setting the gun by.
The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth