tr.v. com·part·ed, com·part·ing, com·parts To divide into parts. [Obsolete French compartir, from Italian compartire, from Late Latin compartīrī, to share : Latin com-, com- + Latin partīrī, to divide (from pars, part-, a part; see perə-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] |
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