† enterpartenv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To share with another or others.
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the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > divide into shares > divide and share out
dealc1000
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partc1330
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portion?a1400
dressc1410
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skiftc1420
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repart1540
sever1548
disparklea1552
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share1577
to share out1583
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dispart1629
parcena1641
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partage1660
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partition1740
scantle1749
appart1798
whack1819
divvy1877
number1887
cut1928
1556 [implied in: N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties i. f. 8v (As it wer) the enterpartening of mannes life [L. vitae quasi communitas]. (at enterpartening n.)].
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 35 He..enterparteneth [L. participat] the gouernmente of the world with his Father.
1578 J. Bell tr. J. Foxe Serm. Christening Certaine Iew sig. D.v The same, whose inward feeling & minds of the soule he doeth inlighten..and vouchsafeth daily to enterparten him selfe vnto.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018).
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