单词 | tripartite |
释义 | tripartiteadj.n. A. adj. 1. a. Divided into or composed of three parts or kinds; threefold, triple. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > condition of being threefold > [adjective] thrilec725 threefoldc1000 treblec1374 trinec1386 thrinfalda1400 tripartitec1420 triparted1429 ternaryc1430 trinary1474 triplicate?a1475 trivial?a1475 triplage1526 threefolded1528 triple1552 treblefold1561 trifold1578 trinal1590 tripart1592 ternal1599 triplexa1616 tergeminous1656 ternarious1656 triplasian1678 triplet1697 ternarian1732 triangular1812 Trinitarian1812 triplasic1864 three-body1936 triplexed1974 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > division into three > [adjective] tripartitec1420 tripartited1426 triparted1429 three-quartereda1450 three-parted1556 tripart1592 tripartitory1651 three-part1854 trifid1871 tri-vided1900 c1420 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 1031 Freewyll, Vertew & Vyce, as trypartyte [rhymes lyght, wyght]. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 275 Oon Socrates Cassiodorus commendethe in his story tripartite. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 161 Of the tripartite langage of Saxones,..the weste men of Englonde sownde and acorde more with the men of the este..then the men of the northe with men of the sowthe. 1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) viii. xliii. 186 Of Brittish race a manie, and of Saxon Princes some: Whose bloud, by Normaine Mixture, now is tripartite become. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 56 Hee divided the nights according to a tripartite or three~fold function, For sleepe, for affaires of State, and for his booke. 1647 J. Cleveland Poems in Char. London-diurnall (Wing C4662) 26 Like to an Ignis fatuus, whose flame Though sometimes tripartite, joynes in the same. 1745 J. Mason Treat. Self-knowl. i. ii. 14 Man is..a tripartite Person; or a compound Creature made up of three distinct Parts, viz. the Body, which is the earthy or mortal Part of him, the Soul, which is the animal or sensitive Part; and the Spirit, or Mind, which is the rational and immortal Part. 1848 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy Past & Present I. iv. iii. 468 Though still nominally tripartite, Italy, for all commercial and intellectual purposes, was one. 1861 E. O'Curry Lect. Manuscript Materials Anc. Irish Hist. 347 The Tripartite Life of St. Patrick. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 15 Feb. 10/1 The folding bicycle... This detachable machine is known as the ‘Tripartite’, because it is made to disconnect into three separate parts. b. Involving, or of the nature of, division into three parts. ΚΠ 1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 2 I wyll expresse and declare in due order, the grand and generall kinde of Englishe Dogges..making a tripartite diuision. 1596 J. Harington (title) An anatomie of the metamorphosed Aiax. Wherein by a tripertite method is plainly, openly and demonstratiuely declared. 1785 E. Burke Speech Nabob Arcot's Debts in Wks. (1842) I. 331 They prevailed on him to propose a tri~partite division of that vast country. 1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire IV. xxxix. 385 The tripartite division of the terrestrial orb is a tradition of unknown antiquity. 1882 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. I. 724 A tripartite division into philosophical, historical and practical theology. 2. Made in three corresponding parts or copies, as an indenture n. drawn up between three persons or parties, each of whom preserves one of the copies. ΚΠ 1442 in Proc. King's Counc. Irel. (Rolls) 275 He was bounde by endenture tripartite to kepe the peas. a1483 Liber Niger in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 74 One indenture try~partite; the one to remayne with these Butlers purveyours..the other parte, with the clerke of buttillary..the thirde parte to remayne in the countyng-house. 1592 W. West Symbolæogr.: 1st Pt. §47 D These deedes indented are not only bypartite..but also may be made tripartite, that is of three parts. 1643 R. Baker Chron. Kings of Eng. ii. 36 They [sc. Earls of Northumberland and Worcester, and Henry Hotspur] agreed upon a Tripartite Indenture under their hands and seales, to divide the kingdome into three parts. a1743 W. Somerville Sweet-scented Miser 62 By precedents a bond can write, Or an indenture tripartite. 3. Engaged in or concluded between three parties. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [adjective] > between specific number of people or parties tripartite1497 tripartited1548 tripart1592 three-cornered1891 1497 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. I. 50 The tripartite Warre..determyned ayenst the said Turk, and how the Hungaries, Boyams, and the Polans..shall make werre by land [etc.]. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1512/1 The Articles of the league tripartite, agreed betwixt the Emperour, the King of Englande, and the French king. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 666 George Count Solmes, Ernestus of Nassau,..and Vere General of the English,..Govern'd the Army by a Tripartite Command. 1775 L. Shaw Hist. Moray 344 A Parsonage..the Patronage whereof was once tripartite, betwixt the King, Marshal, and Duffus. 1857 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1858) I. xxiv. 88 The tripartite treaty which virtually exists among three of the leading powers of the world. 4. Heraldry. a. Applied to the field when divided into three parts of different tinctures: = tiercé adj. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [adjective] > divided in two > into three parts triparted1688 tiercé1725 tripartite1796 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xix. 79 The arms [of Surinam] are tripartite, which I apprehend to be some of those of the house of Somelsdyke, the West India company, and the town of Amsterdam. Categories » b. Applied to a cross or saltire when each of its members consists of three narrow bands with spaces between. Also triparted adj., †tripartited adj. 5. Consisting of three parts or divisions, as a member or organ of an animal or plant. a. Zoology and Anatomy. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > having three parts tripartite1658 the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > physical arrangement or condition > [adjective] > composed of many parts tripartite1658 undecimarticulate1856 polymerous1857 hexamerous1877 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 936 A black bill or beak, hardish, tripartite. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) iv. iv. 163 It is inserted into the three Intervals of the four upper Ribs, being tripartite. 1911 J. W. Jenkinson Sea Urchin 270 These larvae had a mouth and a typically tri-partite gut. b. Botany spec. of a leaf, etc., Divided into three segments nearly to the base. (Abbrev. 3-partite.) ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > divided, segmented, slashed, or lobed lobated1703 quinquefid1703 lobousa1722 biparted1725 tripartite1753 lobate1760 octofid1760 septemfid1777 parted1785 triquadrifid1833 rimiform1837 slashed1839 lobulate1862 bipartite1864 palmilobed1876 pentafid1882 segmented1883 lobose1885 torn1888 triquinate1891 sectile1899 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Leaf Tripartite Leaf. 1862 C. Darwin On Var. Contrivances Orchids Fertilised ii. 90 The stigmatic surface is differently shaped, being more plainly tripartite. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 256 Solanum Dulcamara..leaves ovate or cordate, sometimes 3-partite. 6. Mathematics. Involving three sets of variables. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > algebra > [adjective] > relating to expressions > involving specific number of terms binomial1570 multinomial1608 quadrinomial1673 solinomial1690 polynomial1704 trinomial1704 infinitinomial1706 monomial1801 tetranomial1817 unipartite1819 monome1829 mononomial1861 polynomic1868 tripartite1869 multinominal1940 1869 A. Cayley Coll. Math. Papers VI. 464 The quantic is unipartite, bipartite, tripartite, &c., according as the number of sets is one, two, three, &c. B. n. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > contract > [noun] > written contract or text of > indenture indenture1423 denturec1460 tripartite1480 indent1589 indentment1598 1480 Coventry Leet Bk. 445 The people..in Hasil-wode,..throwen don thornes, ffirs, fern, brome; diggen turves, & such other; where be the tripartite they owe nothyng to haue there but comien of pasture to their bestes cominable. b. A book, document, or treatise in three parts. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > [noun] > book in several parts Pentateuch1656 tripartite1657 Heptateuch1678 1657 R. Mossom (title) The Preacher's Tripartite, in Three Books. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1836) xliv. 757 The tripartite [tripertīta] of Aelius Paetus..was preserved as the oldest work of jurisprudence. 1861 E. O'Curry Lect. Manuscript Materials Anc. Irish Hist. 350 Father Colgan's deductions from the text of the Tripartite [cf. quot. 1861 at sense A. 1a above]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † tripartitev. Obsolete. rare. a. transitive. To divide into three parts, or among three persons. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > division into three > divide into three [verb (transitive)] tripartitec1475 tripart1528 triparty1543 c1475 J. Hardyng Chron. (Selden) f. 16v Whanne he [sc. Brutus] had þe Ile alle tripertited [a1500 Ashm. trypartytede; 1543 Grafton tripertyed], He called þe chief leogres aftir Locryne. a1634 T. Gerard Particular Descr. Somerset (1900) 103 Reginald Prouse whose son's daughters, married to the Earls of March Mortimer, to the Lord Zouche, and to the Earl of Pembrooke Hastings, tripartited these lands. 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 165 The Text at the first was tripartited, and two of those parts are already handled. b. More vaguely: to divide (in general). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)] to-shedc888 to-dealeOE dealc950 twemea1023 to-doOE to-shiftc1122 brittenc1175 sunderc1230 depart1297 parta1300 twain15.. dividec1380 minisha1382 dressc1410 dissever1417 sever1435 quarterc1440 distinct1526 videc1540 disperse1548 several1570 separate1581 dirempt1587 distinguish1609 piecemeal1611 discrete1624 dispart1629 slit1645 parcel1652 canton1653 tripartite1653 split1707 carve1711 scind1869 1653 T. Brooks Precious Remedies (1658) 275 (margin) The Counsellor saith, A States-man should be thus tripartited, his will to God, his love to his Master, his heart to his Countrey, his secret to his friend, his time to businesse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.c1420v.c1475 |
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