PART (3)

Part, v. i. 1. 1. To be broken or divided into parts or pieces; to break; to become separated; to go asunder; as, rope parts; his hair parts in the middle.
2. 2. To go away; to depart; to take leave; to quit each other; hence, to die; — often with from.
He wrung Bassanio's hand, and so they parted. Shak. He owned that he had parted from the duke only a few hours before. Macaulay. His precious bag, which he would by no means part from. G. Eliot. 3. 3. To perform an act of parting; to relinquish a connection of any kind; — followed by with or from.
Celia, for thy sake, I part With all that grew so near my heart. Waller. Powerful hands . . . will not part Easily from possession won with arms. Milton. It was strange to him that a father should feel no tenderness at parting with an only son. A. Trollope. 4. 4. To have a part or share; to partake. “They shall part alike.” 1 Sam. xxx. 24.