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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
- the same
thing are that m
divides n, m is a
divisor of n, m is a
factor of n, and n is a
multiple of m. If m does not
divide n, then the
notation is m...
- Look up
divide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Divide may
refer to:
Division (mathematics)
Divides,
redirects to
Divisor Drainage divide, a line separating...
- by the
privy council in 1927.
Drainage divides hinder waterway navigation. In pre-industrial times,
water divides were
crossed at portages. Later, canals...
- In mathematics,
divided differences is an algorithm,
historically used for
computing tables of
logarithms and
trigonometric functions.[citation needed]...
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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...
- gov "Continental
Divides in
North Dakota and
North America by Mark A. Gonzalez.
Excellent article on America's
other continental divides" (PDF). (123 KiB)...
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continental divides, and a
fourth one in
British Columbia.
Waters at
these triple divides flow into
three different oceans, seas or gulfs.
Triple Divide Peak...
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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...
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Divide and rule
policy (Latin:
divide et impera), or
divide and conquer, in
politics and
sociology is
gaining and
maintaining power divisively. Historically...
- income, and
educational digital divides have
lessened compared to the past, some
researchers suggest that the
digital divide is
shifting from a gap in access...
