From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
apart
adj 1: remote and separate physically or socially; "existed over
the centuries as a world apart"; "preserved because
they inhabited a place apart"- W.H.Hudson; "tiny
isolated villages remote from centers of
civilization"; "an obscure village" [syn: {apart(p)},
isolated, obscure]
2: not living together as man and wife; "decided to live
apart"; "maintaining separate households"; "they are
separated" [syn: {apart(p)}, separate, separated]
3: having characteristics not shared by others; "scientists
felt they were a group apart"- Vannever Bush [syn:
{apart(p)}]
adv 1: separated or at a distance in place or position or time;
"These towns are many miles apart"; "stood with his
legs apart"; "born two years apart"
2: not taken into account or excluded from consideration;
"these problems apart, the country is doing well"; "all
joking aside, I think you're crazy" [syn: aside]
3: away from another or others; "they grew apart over the
years"; "kept apart from the group out of shyness";
"decided to live apart"
4: placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose; "had
a feeling of being set apart"; "quality sets it apart"; "a
day set aside for relaxing" [syn: aside]
5: one from the other; "people can't tell the twins apart"
6: into parts or pieces; "he took his father's watch apart";
"split apart"; "torn asunder" [syn: asunder]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Apart \A*part"\, adv. [F. [`a] part; (L. ad) + part part. See
Part.]
1. Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of
separation as to place; aside.
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Others apart sat on a hill retired. --Milton.
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The Lord hath set apart him that is godly for
himself. --Ps. iv. 3.
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2. In a state of separation, of exclusion, or of distinction,
as to purpose, use, or character, or as a matter of
thought; separately; independently; as, consider the two
propositions apart.
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3. Aside; away. "Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and
superfluity of naughtiness." --Jas. i. 21.
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Let Pleasure go, put Care apart. --Keble.
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4. In two or more parts; asunder; to piece; as, to take a
piece of machinery apart.
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