Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Divide.
Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Divide and, of course, Divide synonyms and on the right images related to the word Divide.
DivideDivide Di*vide", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divided; p. pr. & vb.
n. Dividing.] [L. dividere, divisum; di- = dis- + root
signifying to part; cf. Skr. vyadh to pierce; perh. akin to
L. vidua widow, and E. widow. Cf. Device, Devise.]
1. To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts
or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.
Divide the living child in two. --1 Kings iii.
25.
2. To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition, or
by an imaginary line or limit; as, a wall divides two
houses; a stream divides the towns.
Let it divide the waters from the waters. --Gen. i.
6.
3. To make partition of among a number; to apportion, as
profits of stock among proprietors; to give in shares; to
distribute; to mete out; to share.
True justice unto people to divide. --Spenser.
Ye shall divide the land by lot. --Num. xxxiii.
54.
4. To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or
hostile; to set at variance.
If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom
can not stand. --Mark iii.
24.
Every family became now divided within itself.
--Prescott.
5. To separate into two parts, in order to ascertain the
votes for and against a measure; as, to divide a
legislative house upon a question.
6. (Math.) To subject to arithmetical division.
7. (Logic) To separate into species; -- said of a genus or
generic term.
8. (Mech.) To mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a
sextant.
9. (Music) To play or sing in a florid style, or with
variations. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Syn: To sever; dissever; sunder; cleave; disjoin; disunite;
detach; disconnect; part; distribute; share. Divide
Divide Di*vide", v. i.
1. To be separated; to part; to open; to go asunder.
--Milton.
The Indo-Germanic family divides into three groups.
--J. Peile.
2. To cause separation; to disunite.
A gulf, a strait, the sea intervening between
islands, divide less than the matted forest.
--Bancroft.
3. To break friendship; to fall out. --Shak.
4. To have a share; to partake. --Shak.
5. To vote, as in the British Parliament, by the members
separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite
sides of the hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the
ayes dividing from the noes.
The emperors sat, voted, and divided with their
equals. --Gibbon.
Divide
Divide Di*vide", n.
A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two
streams; a watershed.
Meaning of Divide from wikipedia
- Look up
divide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Divide or
Divider may
refer to:
Division (mathematics)
Divides,
usually known as
divisor Divider caliper...
-
Divide and rule (Latin:
divide et impera), or
divide and conquer, in
politics refers to an
entity gaining and
maintaining political power by
using divisive...
-
divide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The
Divide may
refer to: The
Divide (novel), a 1980
alternate history novel by
William Overgard The
Divide...
- The
digital divide is the
unequal access to
digital technology,
including smartphones, tablets, laptops, and the internet. The
digital divide worsens inequality...
- A
drainage divide,
water divide, ridgeline, watershed,
water parting or
height of land is
elevated terrain that
separates neighboring drainage basins....
-
China North–South
divide in
Ireland North–South
divide in
Italy North–South
divide in
Korea North–South
divide in
Taiwan North–South
divide in the United...
-
Great Divide or The
Great Divide may
refer to:
Continental Divide of the Americas, the most
common meaning Great Divide Basin, an
endorheic drainage basin...
- The
Continental Divide of the
Americas (also
known as the
Great Divide, the
Western Divide or
simply the
Continental Divide; Spanish:
Divisoria continental...
- The
Laurentian Divide also
called the
Northern Divide and
locally the
height of land, is a
continental divide in
central North America that
separates the...
- In
computer science,
divide and
conquer is an
algorithm design paradigm. A
divide-and-conquer
algorithm recursively breaks down a
problem into two or more...
