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adverb

Apart adv.

Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside. "Others apart sat on a hill retired." "The Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself."

In a state of separation, of exclusion, or of distinction, as to purpose, use, or character, or as a matter of thought; separately; independently; as, consider the two propositions apart.

Aside; away. "Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness." "Let Pleasure go, put Care apart."

In two or more parts; asunder; to piece; as, to take a piece of machinery apart.

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Etymology of 'Apart'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Apart" Quotes from Famous Books

... and directors or any six of them were to have the power to "Meet as often as they shall think necessary, and shall lay out the said sixty acres into lots and streets not exceeding half an acre of ground in each lot; and also set apart such portions of the said land for a market place, and public landing as to them shall seem convenient; and when the said town shall be so laid out, the said directors and trustees shall have full power and authority to sell all the said lots, by public sale or auction, from time to time, ...

— Seaport in Virginia - George Washington's Alexandria • Gay Montague Moore

... which were floating level with the water, were towed up and fastened by a rope to the stern of the gunboat. Even when safely on deck, the two parties were still so infuriated that they had to be separated and placed under guards apart from each other. Three or four had been killed by the stabs of the deadly krises, and their bodies could be seen floating astern. Several of those rescued had wounds more ...

— Among Malay Pirates - And Other Tales Of Adventure And Peril • G. A. Henty

... channels, bringing them to a sense of their identity with the rest of the people, compelling them to bear their part of the burden of calamity and strife. The two nations which might have wandered farther and farther apart were thus welded into one, so that the spirit of religion became what it has ever since remained, something essential and inherent in the life of ...

— Ireland, Historic and Picturesque • Charles Johnston

... to remodel them; his role was simply to endure with patience the vagaries of an order of human beings, who after all, offered an interesting study to a man of speculative habit, apart from their usefulness ...

— At Fault • Kate Chopin

... bed, where Lindau sat propped up; with a coat over his shoulders and a skull-cap on his head, reading a book, from which he lifted his eyes to stare blankly over his spectacles at March. His hairy old breast showed through the night- shirt, which gaped apart; the stump of his left arm lay upon the book to ...

— Henry James, Jr. • William Dean Howells

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