unpartedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈpɑːtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˈpɑrdəd/ Not parted, divided, or separated.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > [adjective] > united into a whole > not divided, separated, or split
wholeeOE
unparteda1398
undealta1400
undividedc1412
individedc1430
undeparted1430
indeparted1434
untwinnedc1450
unsparpled1508
undissevered1521
unseparated1545
inseparate1550
unseparate1553
unsundered1594
unspleeted1609
inseparizeda1618
undisjointed1631
unparcelled1648
unsplit1656
unanalysed1661
indivise1677
unattenuated1727
uncomminuted1758
undecomposed1758
undismembered1758
indiscrete1782
undecompounded1795
undismantled1830
impartite1862
undiscrete1862
uncleave1893
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 327 Þe euene nombre is diuidid in þis wise: som is parted and som is vnparted [a1425 Pierpont Morgan impar, a1430 Harl. 614 imparfiȝt].
a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ii. l. 591 Obedience doth also restreyne Conspiracies..Whan she stant onpartid, nat on tweyne.
1459 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Var. Coll. (1909) V. 82 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 4600) XXV. 1 The punctment..of the partesyng of the laff of the landis that was unpartyt.
1561 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc i. ii. sig. B.iiv Whan discent on one alone Make single and vnparted reigne to light.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xv. 280 The one vniuersall capable mind is and worketh whole and vnparted in euery man.
1613 G. Chapman Memorable Maske Inns of Court sig. E1 Twinns, as of one age, so to one desire May both their bloods giue, an vnparted fire.
1657 N. Culpeper & W. Rand tr. J. Riolan Sure Guide iv. i. 118 The Head is divided into the hairy Part, and the smooth Part, so long as it is whol, and unparted.
1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 404 The Object..Becomes mixt Blackness, or unparted Light.
1768 C. Anstey Patriot 33 O! may ye long unparted prove The blessings of connubial Love.
1837 London & Paris Observer 5 Nov. 713/1 Those soft-seal'd lids, those meek curved brows, Sweet cheeks, and lips unparted too.
1880 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 456/2 In death, as in life, the brothers in guilt remained unparted.
1953 A. L. Rowse Diary 21 Nov. (2003) 163 A monastic figure came to meet me, hair stiff like a brush and unparted.
2008 M. W. Clayton Wednesday Sisters 47 She swallowed once, twice, still with her eyes closed, tears spilling from her unparted lids.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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