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Definition of Partition off
1. Verb. Divide into parts, pieces, or sections. "The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British"
Generic synonyms: Divide, Part, Separate
Specialized synonyms: Pound, Pound Off
Derivative terms: Partition, Partition, Partitioning, Partitionist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Partition Off
Literary usage of Partition off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pacific Coast Law Journal: Containing All the Decisions of the Supreme Court by California Supreme Court (1880)
"They also made deeds purporting to partition off and divide among four of the
children certain portions of the rancho by metes and bounds; and Huse alone, ..."
2. The Wisdom of the Hindus: The Wisdom of the Vedic Hymns, the Upanishads, the by Brian Brown (1921)
"PEOPLE partition off their lands by means of boundaries, but no one can partition
off the all- embracing ..."
3. Message of the East by Cohasset (Mass.). Vedanta Centre (1922)
"The Swami spoke as always of that great unity which underlies all diversity, of
that One Infinite which man can no more partition off than he can partition ..."
4. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel (1874)
"... Маг. to take off the service; 2. to partition (off), to separate (a room, ie)
by a partition; ..."
5. A Dictionary of the Hawaiian Language to which is Appended an English by Lorrin Andrews (1865)
"Hal. 104:9. To raise a slight partition between, so as to stop a child. Hoo.
To fence or partition off. Fia. To fence off. ie, resist temptation to evil ..."
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