Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dispart

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-part
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To part, separate.

Archaic; Transitive verb

verb

To divide, divide up, distribute.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

noun

The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance.

noun

A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the trunnions, on the top of a piece of ordnance, to make the line of sight parallel to the axis of the bore.

verb

To furnish with a dispart sight.

Transitive verb

verb

To make allowance for the dispart in (a gun), when taking aim.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"[…] that same mighty man of God, / That bloud-red billowes like a walled front / On either side disparted with his rod […]"
"[…] tenderly unfringe / Your long and lustrous lashes; cluster down / The mantling glory of deep fragrant hair, / Disparted from each forehead, myrtle-wreath'd, […]"
"The world will be whole, and refuses to be disparted."
"Them in twelue troupes their Captain did dispart / And round about in fittest steades did place […]"
"1854-1862, Charles Knight, "DISPART", in English Cyclopaedia On account of the dispart, the line of aim or line of metal, which is in a plane passing through the axis of the gun, always makes a small angle with the axis."
"Every gunner, before he shoots, must truly dispart his piece."

Etymology

From Italian dispartire and its source, Latin dispartire.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: dispartire

Usage

Inflected Forms

disparts (present, singular) disparting (participle, present) disparted (participle, past) disparted (past) disparts (plural)

Rhymes With

part start heart art take heart smart apart chart after one's own heart have jesus in one's heart seventh art tobacco heart

Questions

What does dispart mean?: To part, separate.
Where does dispart come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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