adv. Obs.; also 4–5 a parti(e. [prop. phr. a party in part: see A prep.1 and PARTY. Fr. en partie.] In part, partly; opposed to in whole.

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c. 1340.  Richard Rolle of Hampole, Prick of Conscience, 3272. Here haf I talde yhow aparty, Of sum payns of purgatory.

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1388.  Wyclif, 1 Cor. xiii. 9. For a parti [1382 of party] we knowun, and a parti we prophecien.

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c. 1420.  Pallad. on Husb., XI. 278. Swettest wynes hevy are, The white a partie salt is not to spare.

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