v. Obs. [? Secondary form of prec.; perh. influenced by partner.] trans. To share or divide with a partner, or between partners.
Hence Enterpartening vbl. sb.
1561. T. Norton, Calvin’s Inst., I. 34. He … enterparteneth the gouernment of the world with his Father. Ibid., II. 163. By enterpartening of himself with vs.
1553. Grimalde, Cicero’s Offices (1556), 8. The enterpartening of mannes life.
