A-pärt'ment, n.

n. [Fr. apartement, or appartement, from ab, or a, from, and partir, to part or divide, Lat. partire, partiri, from pars, partis, part, q. v.]

1. A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions.
2. A set or suite of rooms. [Obs.] Shak.