parture

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/ˈpɑː(ɹ)tjʊə(ɹ)//ˈpɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃə(ɹ)/

noun

departure

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nounparture (countable and uncountable, plural partures)

plural partures

  1. countableobsoleteuncountabledeparture

    the late ruine of proud Marinell, and suddein parture of faire Florimell

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 46
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    If I should now forget, or not remember thee, Thou, Spencer, mightest a foule rebuke and shame impute to mee; For I to open shew did loue thee passing well, And thou wert he at parture whom I loathed to bid farewell;

    1851, George Turberville, Notes upon Russia, volume 1, Certaine Letters in Verse

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APA

parture. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parture

MLA

“parture.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parture. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parture,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parture.

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