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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

partibilis

, fr.

partire

to part, divide, fr. L.

pars

: cf. F.

partible

. See

Admitting of being parted; divisible; separable; susceptible of severance or partition;

as, an estate of inheritance may be

partible

“Make the molds partible.”

Bacon.

Adj.

Divisible; separable; susceptible of severance or partition; as, an estate of inheritance may be partible.

partible ‎(not comparable)

Divisible, able to be divided or partitioned. [from 14th c.]
Pertaining to property that can be divided between heirs on inheritance, or to an inheritance system based on such division. [from 16th c.]
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 562:
  Following the introduction of partible inheritance in 1793, peasants reacted by using systematic birth control for the first time so as to restrict the number of heirs among whom their property would have to be divided – causing a sharp and enduring drop in France's birth-rate.