parcen

== English == === Etymology === Probably a back-formation from parcener, from Old French parçonier, from parçon (“part, portion, share, division”), from Latin partītiō, partītiōnem (“division”), from partīre, from pars. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɑːsɪn/, /ˈpɑːsn̩/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɑɹsən/, /ˈpɑɹsn̩/ Hyphenation: par‧cen Homophone: parson (some accents) === Verb === parcen (third-person singular simple present parcens, present participle parcening, simple past and past participle parcened) (law, rare) To divide among parceners === Further reading === “† parcen, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, April 2015. === Anagrams === prance