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dis•part
(dis pärt′),USA pronunciation v.t., v.i.
dis•part′ment, n.
- to divide into parts;
separate;
sunder.
- Latin dispartīre to part, separate, divide, equivalent. to dis- dis-1 + partīre to share out, derivative of part- part
- Italian dispartire
- apparently 1580–90