Middle English Dictionary Entry
unparted ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | unparted ppl. Also onpartid. |
| Etymology | From parted , p.ppl. of parten v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Undivided;
(b) math. ?indicating a number that does not have a logarithmic base of two [cp. impar n. & parten v. 1.(d)].
Associated quotations
a
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)2.591 : Obedience doth also restreyne Conspiracies…Whan she stant onpartid, not on tweyne.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)327a/a : Þe euene nombre is diuidid in þis wise: som is parted and som is vnparted [vrr. impar, imparfiȝt]…Impar is þe nombre that my be ydeled…But eiþer half is odde and may nouȝt be.