Divide
Definition of Divide
Di`vide´ | v. t. | 1. | To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts. | | 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. | | 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. | | 4. | To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance. | | 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. | | v. i. | 1. | To be separated; to part; to open; to go asunder. | | 2. | To cause separation; to disunite. | | 3. | To break friendship; to fall out. | | 4. | To have a share; to partake. | | 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. | | n. | 1. | A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two streams; also called watershed and water parting. A divide on either side of which the waters drain into two different oceans is called a continental divide. |
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