dispart

American  

[dis-pahrt] / dɪsˈpɑrt /

verb (used with or without object)

1. to divide into parts; separate; sunder.

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Other Word Forms

• dispartment
  noun

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

Presently, too, their hands came together, and—such was the swift sympathy between these shapely creatures—did not dispart.

From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel

“Yes, but you have not yet arrived at the dispart of the compass.”

From Mr. Midshipman Easy by Marryat, Frederick

The four lovers did right valiantly, that they won praise above all the rest, till evening fell and it was time to dispart.

From Tales from the Old French by Various

So he withdrew him to sleep, for he was sore wearied; but with him went the wolf, and he lay at the king's feet, nor might any man dispart them.

From Tales from the Old French by Various

We swung our way through flying men, Your hand lay fast in mine: We saw the shifting crowd dispart, The level ice-reach shine.

From New Poems by Stevenson, Robert Louis