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- English Word Partite Definition Divided nearly to the base; as, a partite leaf is a simple separated down nearly to the base.
- English Word Partition Definition The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; separation; division; distribution; as, the partition of a kingdom.
- English Word Partition Definition That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; separating boundary; dividing line or space; specifically, an interior wall dividing one part or apartment of a house, an inclosure, or the like, from another; as, a brick partition; lath and plaster partitions.
- English Word Partition Definition A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment.
- English Word Partition Definition The servance of common or undivided interests, particularly in real estate. It may be effected by consent of parties, or by compulsion of law.
- English Word Partition Definition A score.
- English Word Partition Definition To divide into parts or shares; to divide and distribute; as, to partition an estate among various heirs.
- English Word Partition Definition To divide into distinct parts by lines, walls, etc.; as, to partition a house.
- English Word Partitioned Definition of Partition
- English Word Partitioning Definition of Partition
- English Word Partitionment Definition The act of partitioning.
- English Word Partitive Definition Denoting a part; as, a partitive genitive.
- English Word Partitive Definition A word expressing partition, or denoting a part.
- English Word Partitively Definition In a partitive manner.
- English Word Partlet Definition A covering for the neck, and sometimes for the shoulders and breast; originally worn by both sexes, but laterby women alone; a ruff.
- English Word Partlet Definition A hen; -- so called from the ruffing of her neck feathers.
- English Word Partly Definition In part; in some measure of degree; not wholly.
- English Word Partner Definition One who has a part in anything with an other; a partaker; an associate; a sharer. "Partner of his fortune." Shak. Hence: (a) A husband or a wife. (b) Either one of a couple who dance together. (c) One who shares as a member of a partnership in the management, or in the gains and losses, of a business.
- English Word Partner Definition An associate in any business or occupation; a member of a partnership. See Partnership.
- English Word Partner Definition A framework of heavy timber surrounding an opening in a deck, to strengthen it for the support of a mast, pump, capstan, or the like.
- English Word Partner Definition To associate, to join.
- English Word Partnership Definition The state or condition of being a partner; as, to be in partnership with another; to have partnership in the fortunes of a family or a state.
- English Word Partnership Definition A division or sharing among partners; joint possession or interest.
- English Word Partnership Definition An alliance or association of persons for the prosecution of an undertaking or a business on joint account; a company; a firm; a house; as, to form a partnership.
- English Word Partnership Definition A contract between two or more competent persons for joining together their money, goods, labor, and skill, or any or all of them, under an understanding that there shall be a communion of profit between them, and for the purpose of carrying on a legal trade, business, or adventure.
- English Word Partnership Definition See Fellowship, n., 6.
- English Word Partook Definition of Partake
- English Word Partook Definition imp. of Partake.
- English Word Partridge Definition Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus Perdix and several related genera of the family Perdicidae, of the Old World. The partridge is noted as a game bird.
- English Word Partridge Definition Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging to Colinus, and allied genera.