Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Compart \Com*part"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Comparted}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Comparting}.] [L. compartiri; com- + partiri, partire
   to share, pars, partis, part, share: cf. OF. compartir. See
   {Part}, v. t.]
   To divide; to mark out into parts or subdivisions. [R.]

         The crystal surface is comparted all In niches verged
         with rubies.                             --Glover.