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Apartment

1. A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions.

2. A set or suite of rooms.

3. A compartment.

Origin: f. Appartement; cf. It. Appartamento, fr. Appartare to separate, set apart; all fr. L. Ad _ pars, partis, part. See Apart.


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