comparting
comparting is the present participle and gerund of compart.
Meaning of compart
Verb
compart (third-person singular simple present comparts, present participle comparting, simple past and past participle comparted)
- To divide and share with others.
- To divide into smaller parts; to divide into compartments.
- The walls were panelled; each panel was comparted like a modern office desk, and each compartment crowded with labelled folios all filemot with age and use.1880, Lewis Wallace, Ben-Hur, Harper & Brothers
- To arrange or lay out according to a plan, with due distribution and disposition of parts.
- If I behold what inventions men have in comparting Musical intervals...
Questions about comparting
- What is comparting the present participle and gerund of?
- Comparting is the present participle and gerund of compart.
Words near comparting in the dictionary
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