partite

American  

[pahr-tahyt] / ˈpɑr taɪt /

adjective

1. divided into parts, usually into a specified number of parts (usually used in combination).

   a tripartite agreement.

2. Botany. parted.

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partite British  

/ ˈpɑːtaɪt /

adjective

1. (in combination) composed of or divided into a specified number of parts

   bipartite

2. (esp of plant leaves) divided almost to the base to form two or more parts

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Etymology

Origin of partite

First recorded in 1560–70, partite is from the Latin word partītus (past participle of partīrī to divide). See part, -ite ²

Example Sentences

It was at Arnstadt that Bach began to compose Variations on Choral melodies, under the title Partite diverse.289 Most of them can be played on the manuals alone.

From Project Gutenberg

P. fleshy-fibrous, ovate-shell-shaped, semiorbicular, or cuneiform, simple, lobed or partite, tomentose; g. dense, ochre-fuscous; s. lateral, very short; sp. 5-7 � 3. mollis, Fr.

From Project Gutenberg

The spores in many species amongst the Melanconiei are remarkably fine; those of Stegonosporium have the endochrome partite and cellular.

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It thus includes such cases as the division of an ordinarily entire leaf into a lobed or partite one, as well as those characterised by the separation of organs usually joined together.

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When an organ becomes divided it receives at the hands of descriptive botanists the appellations cleft, partite, or sect, according to the depth of the division; hence in considering the teratological instances of this nature, the term fission has suggested itself as an appropriate one to be applied to the subdivision of an habitually entire or undivided organ.

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