departition

English

Alternative forms

• departicion (15th-16th centuries)

Etymology 1

From depart, after Latin analogies.

Noun

departition (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Separation.
2. (obsolete) Departure.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xxxvj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book IX:
     :

     Kynge Arthur / that said to sir Launcelot had not ye ben / we had not lost syre Tristram for he was here dayly vnto the tyme ye mette with hym / and in an euylle tyme sayd Arthur ye encountred with hym / My lord Arthur said Launcelot ye putte vpon me that I shold ben cause of his departycyon / god knoweth hit was ageynste my wille

Etymology 2

de- +‎ partition

Verb

departition (third-person singular simple present departitions, present participle departitioning, simple past and past participle departitioned)

1. (transitive) To remove the partitions from; to merge back into a single unit.

Anagrams

• partitioned, trepidation