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Part Part, v. i. 1. To be broken or divided into parts or pieces; to break; to become separated; to go asunder; as, rope parts; his hair parts in the middle. [1913 Webster]

2. To go away; to depart; to take leave; to quit each other; hence, to die; -- often with from. [1913 Webster]

He wrung Bassanio's hand, and so they parted. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

He owned that he had parted from the duke only a few hours before. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

His precious bag, which he would by no means part from. --G. Eliot. [1913 Webster]

3. To perform an act of parting; to relinquish a connection of any kind; -- followed by with or from; as, to part with one's money. [1913 Webster]

Celia, for thy sake, I part With all that grew so near my heart. --Waller. [1913 Webster]

Powerful hands . . . will not part Easily from possession won with arms. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

It was strange to him that a father should feel no tenderness at parting with an only son. --A. Trollope. [1913 Webster]

4. To have a part or share; to partake. [Obs.] ``They shall part alike.'' --1 Sam. xxx. 24. [1913 Webster]