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Bertram Ingledew for his part was all sweet reasonableness.

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  1. noun A portion, division, piece, or segment of a whole.
  2. noun Any of several equal portions or fractions that can constitute a whole or into which a whole can be divided: a mixture of two parts flour to one part sugar.
  3. noun A division of a literary work: a novel in three parts.
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form ·  place ·  life ·  point ·  portion ·  body ·  side ·  matter

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part:   parting ·  parts ·  parted
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin pars, part-; see perə-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Scots pairt; from Middle English part, paart, parte, perte, from Old French part, French part = Spanish Portuguese Italian parte = Anglo-Saxon part = Ofries. part = D. Middle Low German part = Middle High German parte, part, German part = Icelandic partr = Swedish Danish part, from Latin pars (part-), part, piece, portion, share, side, party, faction, part or pôle, character, part or lot, portion, fate, task, lesson, also part or member, etc.; akin to portio(n-), a portion, part (from English portion), parare, make ready, prepare (from English pare, parade, etc.), and to Greek *πόρειν, aorist ἔπορον, perfect pass, πέπρωμαι, furnish, present, give, allot, fate, πόρσυνειν, offer, present, prepare, provide. From the L. pars (part-) are also ult. part, v., partial, partition, partitive, party, party, participle, participate, etc., apartment, compartment, depart, department, impart, bipartite, tripartite, etc., parse, parcel, parcener, partner, etc.
  2. from Middle English parten, perten, from Old French partir, French partir = Spanish Portuguese partir = Italian partire, from Latin partiri, partire, divide, part, from pars (part-), part: see part, n. Cf. depart, impart.
  3. Abbr. of in part. Cf. parcel, adv.
 

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