Forpart

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. An archaic verb meaning to leave or to be parted completely from something or someone
2. Old-fashioned term for going away or splitting apart so that the parties are wholly divided
3. Obsolete English verb describing the act of departing or separating completely from another

Etymology: "Forpart" is an English verb meaning to separate completely, and it is a deeply archaic word that has survived mostly in the older Middle English-style vocabulary of poetry and dialect. Its history rests on a simple formula: the prefix "for-", which in Old English intensified or completed an action (as in "forget" or "forsake"), attached to "part," a word borrowed into English from Old French "partir," meaning to divide, which itself came from Latin "partire." The prefix does most of the work. Old English "for-" often added a sense of thoroughness, going all the way or undoing something entirely, so "forpart" literally means to part thoroughly, leaving no connection between the two pieces. Speakers of that era used such compounds freely, and many of them fell out of use as the language changed, leaving "forpart" as a relic.

Synonyms: forepart, front, bow, prow

Antonyms: stern, rear, aft, hindpart