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octopartite, a.|ɒktəʊˈpɑːtaɪt|
[ad. med. or mod.L. octopartītus, f. octo eight + partītus divided.]
Divided into or consisting of eight parts; spec. in Law, of a contract, indenture, etc.: Drawn up in eight corresponding parts, one for every party: now disused. (In quot. 1854, Of an eighth part.)
1752Carte Hist. Eng. III. 561 Sir James Balfour..brought with him the octopartite indenture signed by Morton among others. 1854Tait's Mag. XXI. 451 The Lichtenstein, sovereign and subject at once; octopartite possessor of a vote dietical. 1879Sir G. Scott Lect. Archit. II. 196 This may be carried out on all four sides, and thus become an octopartite vault. |