compart

[ kuhm-pahrt ]

verb (used with object)
  1. to separate or mark out in parts; subdivide.

  2. to distribute and give proportional relationships to the parts of (an architectural design).

Origin of compart

1
First recorded in 1565–75, compart is from the Late Latin word compartēre to divide up. See com-, part

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