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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 Divides from wikipedia
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Divide or
Divider may
refer to:
Division (mathematics)
Divides,
usually known as
divisor Divider caliper...
- gov "Continental
Divides in
North Dakota and
North America by Mark A. Gonzalez.
Excellent article on America's
other continental divides" (PDF). (123 KiB)...
- by the
privy council in 1927.
Drainage divides hinder waterway navigation. In pre-industrial times,
water divides were
crossed at portages. Later, canals...
- A
triple divide results from the
intersection of two
drainage divides.
Triple divides range from
prominent mountain peaks to
minor side peaks, down to...
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Divide is an
unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated
place (CDP)
located in and
governed by
Teller County, Colorado,
United States...
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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...
- Juan
Mountains to the
south and the
Uncompahgre Plateau to the
north and
divides the
Uncompahgre River watershed from the San
Miguel River watershed and...
- The
phrase "Mercedes
divide" was
spoken by
United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Chairman Michael Powell at the
initiation of his chairmanship...
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divide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The
Divide may
refer to: The
Divide (novel), a 1980
alternate history novel by
William Overgard The
Divide...
