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

Ah, one and all, how they helped would dispart now and now combine, Zealous to hasten the work, heighten their master his praise!

From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)

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

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

From Mr. Midshipman Easy by Marryat, Frederick

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

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