Definition of Tripartite

1. Adjective. Involving three parties or elements. "A three-way playoff"

Exact synonyms: Three-party, Three-way
Similar to: Many-sided, Multilateral

Definition of Tripartite

1. a. Divided into three parts; triparted; as, a tripartite leaf.

Definition of Tripartite

1. Adjective. In three parts. ¹

2. Adjective. Done by three parties (as an agreement). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tripartite

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Tripartite

1. 1. Divided into three parts; triparted; as, a tripartite leaf. 2. Having three corresponding parts or copies; as, to make indentures tripartite. 3. Made between three parties; as, a tripartite treaty. Origin: L. Tripartitus; tri- (see Tri-) + partitus, p. P. Of partiri to part, to divide. See Part. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tripartite

trip wire
tripack
tripacks
tripalmitate
tripalmitates
tripalmitin
tripang
tripangs
triparanol
tripart
triparted
tripartible
tripartient
tripartisan
tripartisanship
tripartite (current term)
tripartitely
tripartition
tripartitions
tripaschal
tripe
tripe-de-roche
tripedal
tripel
tripelennamine
tripelennamine hydrochloride
tripeman
tripemen
tripennate
tripeptidases

Literary usage of Tripartite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lectures on the Manuscript Materials of Ancient Irish History: Delivered at by Eugene O'Curry (1861)
"Thus, the tripartite Lile of Saint Patrick contains an account of one which we find copied imperfectly into the Book of Armagh. The following is the passage ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1890)
"It would not secure directly the enforcement of the provision of paragraph 9 of the tripartite agreement, or the use of the right of way by the Colorado ..."

3. Insula Sanctorum Et Doctorum: Or, Ireland's Ancient Schools and Scholars by John Healy (1908)
"THE tripartite LIFE OF ST. PATRICK. The earliest memoir of St. Patrick was perhaps the ... But what is called the " tripartite Life " of the Saint is, ..."

4. History of the Formation of the Constitution of the United States of America by George Bancroft (1884)
"tripartite division takes place not only in the threefold powers of government ... This tripartite division in the power of legislation—so at the time wrote ..."

5. The Bible doctrine of man by John Laidlaw (1879)
"MODERN FORMS OF THE tripartite THEORY. THE revival of biblical psychology in recent times may be identified with the recall of attention to the fact that ..."

6. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1889)
"... strong hand and just mind manful insurrection, as in this following Chronicle, which is " tripartite," the writer intends more manifestly to declare. ..."

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