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partest

partest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of part.

Meaning of part

Verb

part (third-person singular simple present parts, present participle parting, simple past and past participle parted)

  1. (intransitive) To leave the company of (each other, or someone/something [with with or from]).
    • He wrung Bassanio's hand, and so they parted.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  2. (transitive) To divide in two.
    • to part the curtains
  3. (transitive) To cut hair with a parting.
  4. (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated.
    • A rope parts. His hair parts in the middle.
  5. (archaic, transitive) To divide up; to share.
    • He that hath ij. cootes, lett hym parte with hym that hath none: And he that hath meate, let him do lyke wyse.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Luke
  6. (intransitive, obsolete) To have a part or share; to partake.
    • They shall part alike.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 30:24

See all 32 meanings of part

Origin of partest

part + -est

Questions about partest

What is partest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Partest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of part.

Words near partest in the dictionary

  1. parterred
  2. parterres
  3. parters
  4. partes distales
  5. partes rectae
  6. partest
  7. parteth
  8. partetravirus
  9. partetraviruses
  10. Parth
  11. parthanatos

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