▪ I. † ˈparten, v. Obs.
[f. part n. (?) + -en5 2: in sense a synonym of part v.; perh. in b associated with partener, partner.]
a. intr. To bestow a part or share, impart some of: = part v. 11. b. trans. To share, partake (with a person): = part v. 10.
| 1397 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. viii. xxix. (Bodl. MS.), And soo fattenes of þe matere lettith distribucioun and partenynge of þe schynyng þat is ifonge. c 1400 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 98 And also the pore man..praiede to the apostlis to parten of her almes. c 1470 Golagros & Gaw. 1104 Ane wounder peralous poynt, partenyng grete plight. 1561 T. Hoby tr. Castiglione's Courtyer i. (1577) C j b, That if any blame happen..it may be also partned with you. Ibid. iv. (1577) X viij b, A shyning beame of that light, whiche is the true image of the Angelike beautie partened wyth hyr, whereof shee also partneth with the body a feeble shadowe. |
▪ II. parten
var. partan, crab.