adv. (old colloquial [B. E., c. 1699]: now recognised).—‘Apart, severally, asunder. [Except for the anticipation by Langland (see quot. 1399) not in use till long after B. E.’s time.]
1399. LANGLAND, Richard the Redeless, iv. 36. Comliche a clerk than … pronouncid þe poyntis APARTE to hem alle.
1728. NEWTON, The Chronology of Antient Kingdoms Amended, I. 177. The Spartans lived in villages APART. [O.E.D.: the first quot. in this sense.]
