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PARTED

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The answer PARTED is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1300 puzzles.

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Definition

PART as a verb:

1. (separate, part, split) = go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party"
2. (separate, part, split up, split, break, break up) = discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"
3. (depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off) = leave; "The family took off for Florida"
4. (separate, divide, part) = come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
5. (separate, disunite, divide, part) = force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

PARTED as an adjective:

1. having a margin incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobes