■ adjective
1》 existing only in part; incomplete.
2》 favouring one side in a dispute above the other; biased.
3》 ( ~ to ) having a liking for.
■ noun Music an overtone or harmonic.
Derivatives
~ity noun
~ly adverb
~ness noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. parcial (sense 2), Fr. partiel (sense 1), from late L. ~is , from pars , part- 'part'.