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Webster 1913 Edition
Divide
Di-vide′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Divided
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dividing
.] 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 question6.
(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
Syn. – To sever; dissever; sunder; cleave; disjoin; disunite; detach; disconnect; part; distribute; share.
Di-vide′
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Divide
DIVIDE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To part or separate an entire thing; to part a thing into two or more pieces.Divide the living child in two. 1 Kings 3.
2.
To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition or by an imaginary line or limit. A wall divides two houses. The equator divides the earth into two hemispheres.Let the firmament divide the waters from the waters. Genesis 1.
3.
To make partition of, among a number. Ye shall divide the land by lot. Numbers 33.
4.
To open; to cleave.Thou dist divide the sea. Nehemiah 9.
5.
To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant.There shall be five in one house divided, three against two--Luke 12.
6.
To distribute; to separate and bestow in parts or shares.And he divided to them his living. Luke 15.
7.
To make dividends; to apportion the interest or profits of stock among proprietors; as, the bank divides six per cent.8.
To separate into two parts, for ascertaining opinions for and against a measure; as, to divide a legislative house, in voting.DIVIDE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To part; to open; to cleave.2.
To break friendship; as, brothers divide.3.
To vote by the division of a legislative house into two parts.The emperors sat, voted and divided with their equals.