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
With what heart-rending sorrow the reverend Siegmund, too, Parted from Lady Kriemhild! then what was grief he knew.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
Here are sever'd lips Parted with Sugar breath; so sweet a bar Should sunder such sweet friends.
From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson
Only last week, when I came home feeling miserable, you sat at the piano playing extracts from some beastly revue, when a true wife would have been singing "Parted" or even "Roses of Picardy."
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 9, 1920 by Various
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