a. Also 6 bipertite, bypartite. [ad. L. bipartītus, pa. pple. of bipartīre; see BIPARTIENT.]
1. Divided into or consisting of two parts.
1574. Newton, Health Mag., Pref. 1. Such indications [are] bipartite and devided into two partes, that is to witte Conservation, and Preservation.
1602. Fulbecke, Pandectes, 3. A bipartite diuision of the yeare into winter and sommer.
1635. Swan, Spec. M., vii. § 2 (1643), 386. A bipartite hoof.
1836. Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., I. 307/2. A corresponding gland … of large size and bipartite.
b. Divided between or shared by two.
1618. Bolton, Florus, I. ix. 22. The authoritie … should bee now but from yeere to yeere and bipartite.
1658. W. Burton, Itin. Anton., 65. This bipartite, or joint-power.
c. Bot. Divided into two parts nearly to the base.
1864. in Webster.
1872. Oliver, Elem. Bot., II. 162. Observe also the … bipartite calyx of Common Furze.
2. in Law, of a contract, indenture, etc.: Drawn up in two corresponding parts, one for each party.
1506. Bury Wills (1850), 106. My present testament and last will bipertite.
1592. West, Symbol., I. § 47. These deedes indented are not only bypartite … but may be tripartite.
