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ately, 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.

Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte or his family.

The policy of Bonaparte or of the Bonapartes.

One attached to the policy or family of Bonaparte, or of the Bonapartes.

The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away. Roget.

To stand apart from; top leave off; to desist. [Obs.] Raleigh.

Viewed apart from modifying influences or without comparison with other objects; actual; real; -- opposed to relative and comparative; as, absolute motion; absolute time or space.

Considered apart from any application to a particular object; separated from matter; exiting in the mind only; as, abstract truth, abstract numbers. Hence: ideal; abstruse; difficult.

Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart. The evil abstracted stood from his own evil. Milton.

Any natural recess analogous to an alcove or recess in an apartment. The youthful wanderers found a wild alcove. Falconer.

day on which sportive impositions are practiced. The first of April, some do say, Is set apart for All Fools' Day. Poor Robin's Almanack (1760).

tions; or to distribute to each individual concerned; to assign as a share or lot; to set apart as one's share; to bestow on; to grant; to appoint; as, let every man be contented with that which Providence allots him. Ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge. Johnson.

granted or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the act of God; anything set apart for a special use or to a distinct party. The alloments of God and nature. L'Estrange. A vineyard and an allotment for olives and herbs. Broome.

Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing. Alone on a wide, wide sea. Coleridge. It is not good that the man should be alone. Gen. ii. 18.

At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away. Our palace stood aloof from streets. Dryden.

The apartment appropriated for the males. This was in the lower part of the house.

a living soul; also, in an extended sense, the belief in the existence of soul or spirit apart from matter. Tylor.