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ining to, or affecting, a part only; not general or universal; not total or entire; as, a partial eclipse of the moon. "Partial dissolutions of the earth." T. Burnet.

Partiality; specifically (Theol.), the doctrine of the Partialists.

One who is partial. [R.]

The quality or state of being partial; inclination to favor one party, or one side of a question, more than the other; undue bias of mind.

To make or be partial. [R.]

In part; not totally; as, partially true; the sun partially eclipsed. Sir T. Browne.

Not partial; not favoring one more than another; treating all alike; unprejudiced; unbiased; disinterested; equitable; fair; just. Shak. Jove is impartial, and to both the same. Dryden. A comprehensive and impartial view. Macaulay.

One who is impartial. [R.] Boyle.

The quality of being impartial; freedom from bias or favoritism; disinterestedness; equitableness; fairness; as, impartiality of judgment, of treatment, etc. Impartiality strips the mind of prejudice and passion. South.

In an impartial manner.

Impartiality. Sir W. Temple.

That partiality to himself by which a man overrates his own worth when compared with others. Kames.

Impartial. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson. -- Un*par"tial*ly, adv. [Obs.] Hooker.

A partial alienation of reason. "Occasional aberrations of intellect." Lingard. Whims, which at first are the aberrations of a single brain, pass with heat into epidemic form. I. Taylor.

A partial evacuation. Mayne.

Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.] Acceptance of persons, partiality, favoritism. See under Accept.

A respecter; a viewer with partiality. [Obs.] God is no accepter of persons. Chillingworth.

rn acception hath confined it. Fuller. Acception of persons or faces (Eccl.), favoritism; partiality. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Partial or total absence of the skull.

tween troops in war, whether on land or water; a battle; a fight; as, a general action, a partial action.