The crystal surface is comparted all In niches verged with rubies. --Glover. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
comparting — v. subdivide, divide part of a whole into smaller sections; separate into subdivisions … English contemporary dictionary
Compart — Com*part , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Comparted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Comparting}.] [L. compartiri; com + partiri, partire to share, pars, partis, part, share: cf. OF. compartir. See {Part}, v. t.] To divide; to mark out into parts or subdivisions. [R.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Comparted — Compart Com*part , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Comparted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Comparting}.] [L. compartiri; com + partiri, partire to share, pars, partis, part, share: cf. OF. compartir. See {Part}, v. t.] To divide; to mark out into parts or subdivisions … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
compart — verb a) To divide into smaller parts; to divide into compartments. If I behold what inventions men have in comparting Musical intervals... b) To arrange or lay out according to a plan, with due distribution and disposition of parts … Wiktionary
