separate+part

  • 1separate part — index chamber (compartment), chapter (division), section (division) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2separate — vb Separate, part, divide, sever, sunder, divorce can all mean to become or cause to become disunited or disjoined. Separate implies a putting or keeping apart; it may suggest a scattering or dispersion of units {forces that separate families}… …

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  • 3part — /pahrt/, n. 1. a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together. 2. an essential or integral attribute or quality: a… …

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  • 4separate — I. verb ( rated; rating) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin separatus, past participle of separare, from se apart + parare to prepare, procure more at secede, pare Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to set or keep apart …

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  • 5part from — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. separate, part, break up with; see leave 1 …

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  • 6part — part1 [pärt] n. [ME < OE & OFr, both < L pars (gen. partis) < IE base * per , to sell, hand over in sale, make equal > L par, equal, parare, to equate] 1. a portion or division of a whole; specif., a) any of several equal portions,… …

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  • 7separate — [sep′ə rāt΄; ] for adj. & n., [sep′ə rit, sep′rit] vt. separated, separating [ME separaten < L separatus, pp. of separare, to separate < se , apart (see SECEDE) + parare, to arrange, PREPARE] 1. to set or put apart into sections, groups,… …

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  • 8Part — (p[aum]rt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Parted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Parting}.] [F. partir, L. partire, partiri, p. p. partitus, fr. pars, gen. partis, a part. See {Part}, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. To divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into two… …

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  • 9part — I (place) noun area, division, locale, location, premises, purlieus, quarter, room, section, site, spot associated concepts: part in a courthouse II (portion) noun allocation, allowance, amount, bit, chip, chunk, collop, component, constituent,… …

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  • 10separate — sep·a·rate / se pə ˌrāt/ vb rat·ed, rat·ing vt: to cause the separation of vi: to undergo a separation the couple separated last year compare divorce Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law …

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