2. Endowed with parts or abilities. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
3. (Bot.)
Defn: Cleft so that the divisions reach nearly, but not quite, to the midrib, or the base of the blade; — said of a leaf, and used chiefly in composition; as, three-parted, five-parted, etc. Gray.
PARTER
Part"er, n.
Defn: One who, or which, parts or separates. Sir P. Sidney.
PARTERRE Par*terre", n. Etym: [F., fr. par on, by (L. per)+terre earth, ground, L. terra. See Terrace.]
1. (Hort.)
Defn: An ornamental and diversified arrangement of beds or plots, in which flowers are cultivated, with intervening spaces of gravel or turf for walking on.
2. The pit of a theater; the parquet. [France]
PARTHENIAD
Par*the"ni*ad, n. Etym: [See Parthenic.]