different between dispart vs infringe

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Etymology 1

From Italian dispartire and its source, Latin dispartire.

Verb

dispart (third-person singular simple present disparts, present participle disparting, simple past and past participle disparted)

1. (transitive, now rare) To part, separate.
   • 1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Compensation

     The world will be whole, and refuses to be disparted.

2. (intransitive, obsolete) To divide, divide up, distribute.

Etymology 2

Noun

dispart (plural disparts)

1. The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance.
   • 1854-1862, Charles Knight, "DISPART", in English Cyclopaedia

     On account of the dispart, the line of aim or line of metal, which is in a plane passing through the axis of the gun, always makes a small angle with the axis.

2. A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the trunnions, on the top of a piece of ordnance, to make the line of sight parallel to the axis of the bore.

Verb

dispart (third-person singular simple present disparts, present participle disparting, simple past and past participle disparted)

1. (transitive) To furnish with a dispart sight.
2. (transitive) To make allowance for the dispart in (a gun), when taking aim.
   • 1583, Richard Lucars, Arte of Shooting

     Every gunner, before he shoots, must truly dispart his piece.

English

Alternative forms

• enfringe (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin infringere (“to break off, break, bruise, weaken, destroy”), from in (“in”) + frangere (“to break”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?f??nd?/

Verb

infringe (third-person singular simple present infringes, present participle infringing, simple past and past participle infringed)

1. (transitive) Break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
2. (intransitive) Break in or encroach on something.

Synonyms

(Break or violate a treaty, a law): transgress

Derived terms

• infringement
• infringer

Related terms

• infraction

Translations

Further reading

• infringe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• infringe in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• infringe at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Infinger, enfiring, refining

Latin

Verb

?nfringe

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ?nfring?

Portuguese

Verb

infringe

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of infringir
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of infringir

Spanish

Verb

infringe

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of infringir.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of infringir.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of infringir.