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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)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To divide and share with others.
  2. (transitive) 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
  3. (transitive) 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

  1. comparographs
  2. comparsa
  3. comparsas
  4. compart
  5. comparted
  6. comparting
  7. compartition
  8. compartitions
  9. compartment
  10. compartment syndrome
  11. compartment syndromes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: comparting (page history and authors); compart (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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