dispart
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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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
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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
Gradually the devastations of the awful skies became mellowed down; the wheeling clouds began to dispart, and a gush of heavy drops came pattering from above.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor
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)
The envelope used with the bullet in old rifles.—Muzzle-patch is a projection on the top of the muzzle of some guns, doing away with the effect of dispart in laying.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
That Roman, that Judean bond United then dispart no more— Pierce through the veil; the rind beyond Lies hid the legend's deeper lore.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)
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