† a-ˈparty, adv. Obs.
Also 4–5 a parti(e.
[prop. phr. a party in part: see a prep.1 and party. Fr. en partie.]
In part, partly; opposed to in whole.
| 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 3272 Here haf I talde yhow aparty, Of sum payns of purgatory. 1388 Wyclif 1 Cor. xiii. 9 For a parti [1382 of party] we knowun, and a parti we prophecien. c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. xi. 278 Swettest wynes hevy are, The white a partie salt is not to spare. |