Part v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parted; p. pr. & vb. n. Parting.]
1. To divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into two or more parts or pieces; to sever. “Thou shalt part it in pieces.”
There, [celestial love] parted into rainbow hues. --Keble.
2. To divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to allot; to apportion; to share.
To part his throne, and share his heaven with thee. --Pope.
They parted my raiment among them. --John xix. 24.
3. To separate or disunite; to cause to go apart; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me. --Ruth i. 17.
While he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. --Luke xxiv. 51.
The narrow seas that part
The French and English. --Shak.
4. Hence: To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene betwixt, as combatants.
The stumbling night did part our weary powers. --Shak.
5. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion; as, to part gold from silver.
The liver minds his own affair, . . .
And parts and strains the vital juices. --Prior.
6. To leave; to quit. [Obs.]
Since presently your souls must part your bodies. --Shak.
To part a cable Naut., to break it.
To part company, to separate, as travelers or companions.