Obs. [f. prec.]
1. trans. To set aside, put away, remove, separate.
1563. Sackville, Mirr. Mag., Induct. xiv. When I sawe no ende that could aparte The deadly dewle.
1594. R. Parsons, Next Succession, II. ix. 202. That al fansie and fonde opinion of the vulgar people be aparted, in this matter, from truth and substance.
1620. Shelton, Quix., III. vi. I. 157. We may very well cross the way, and apart ourselves from danger.
2. To depart (from), to quit. Obs.
1574. Hellowes, Gueuara’s Epist., 239. To succour their necessities and to appart their conversations.
