compart1 (kompart)

t. [ The crystal surface is comparted all, In niches verg'd with rubies. Glover, A then aid, iv. compart2+ (kom'pärt), n. [ comparte , a joint part in a lawsuit. A part existing along with others; an element; a fellow-member; a part. Comparts of the same substance. J. Scott , Practical Discoveries, xxii. ratus, compare: see comparel, v.] 1. The act of comparing; transition of thought or observation from one object to another, for the dis Allowing four feet diameter to the whole [shield], each of the twelve compartiments may be of ten or eleven inches in depth. Pope , Shield of Achilles. compart i men to compart i men to (kom-pär-ti-men'tō), n.; pl. compart i ment i (-ti). [It.: see compartment.] One of the sixteen conventional territorial divisions into which the provinces of modern Italy are grouped.