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The state or condition of being a partner; as, to be in partnership with another; to have partnership in the fortunes of a family or a state.

imp. of Partake.

he genus Perdix and several related genera of the family Perdicidæ, of the Old World. The partridge is noted as a game bird. Full many a fat partrich had he in mew. Chaucer.

Departure. [Obs.] Spenser.

To bring forth young. [Obs.]

Parturition.

Bringing forth, or about to bring forth, young; fruitful. Jer. Tailor.

A medicine tending to cause parturition, or to give relief in childbearing. Dunglison.

Parturient. [Obs.] Drayton.

The act of bringing forth, or being delivered of, young; the act of giving birth; delivery; childbirth.

Pertaining to parturition; obstetric. [R.]

A part or portion. [Obs.] "The most party of the time." Chaucer.

Having a motley coat, or coat of divers colors. Shak.

Colored with different tints; variegated; as, a party-colored flower. "Parti-colored lambs." Shak.

Devotion to party.

tely, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside. Others apart sat on a hill retired. Milton. The Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself. Ps. iv. 3.

A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions. Fielding.

A building comprising a number of suites designed for separate housekeeping tenements, but having conveniences, such as heat, light, elevator service, etc., furnished in common; -- often distinguished in the United States from a flat house.

The quality of standing apart.

Pertaining to, or derived, asparagine; as, aspartic acid.