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Definition of partite - 3 dictionary results

par⋅tite

  [pahr-tahyt]
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–adjective
1. divided into parts, usually into a specified number of parts (usually used in combination): a tripartite agreement.
2. Botany. parted.
Origin:
1560–70; < L partītus (ptp. of partīrī to divide). See part, -ite 2

par⋅ti⋅ta

  [pahr-tee-tuh; It. pahr-tee-tah]
–noun, plural -tas, -te  [-tey; It. -te] . Music.
1. an instrumental suite common chiefly in the 18th century.
2. a set of variations.
Origin:
1875–80; < It, fem. of partito divided. See party
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par·tite   (pär'tīt')   
adj.  Divided into parts.

[Latin partītus, past participle of partīre, to divide, from pars, part-, part; see part.]
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