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verb (used with object)
1.
to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
2.
to separate or part from something else; sunder; cut off.
3.
to deal out in parts; distribute in shares; apportion.
4.
to cleave; part.
5.
EXPANDto separate in opinion or feeling; cause to disagree: The issue divided the senators.
6.
to distinguish the kinds of; classify.
7.
8.
to mark a uniform scale on (a ruler, thermometer, etc.).
9.
COLLAPSEBritish Government. to separate (a legislature, assembly, etc.) into two groups in ascertaining the vote on a question.
verb (used without object)
10.
to become divided or separated.
11.
to share something with others.
12.
to diverge; branch; fork: The road divides six miles from here.
13.
to perform the mathematical process of division: He could add and subtract but hadn't learned to divide.
14.
British Government. to vote by separating into two groups.
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Origin:
1325–75; Middle English (< Anglo-French divider) < Latin dīvidere to separate, divide
1325–75; Middle English (< Anglo-French divider) < Latin dīvidere to separate, divide
Related forms
mis·di·vide, verb, -vid·ed, -vid·ing.
pre·di·vide, verb (used with object), -vid·ed, -vid·ing.
re·di·vide, verb, -vid·ed, -vid·ing.
un·di·vid·ing, adjective
Synonyms
1. See separate. 2. sever, shear. 3. partition, portion. 5. alienate, estrange. 6. sort, arrange, distribute.
1. See separate. 2. sever, shear. 3. partition, portion. 5. alienate, estrange. 6. sort, arrange, distribute.
Antonyms
1. unite.
1. unite.
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Word Origin & History
divide
late 14c., from L. dividere "to force apart, cleave, distribute," from dis- "apart" + -videre "to separate," from PIE base *widh- "to separate," related to widow; and see with. Mathematical sense is from early 15c. The noun meaning "watershed, separation
EXPANDbetween river valleys" is first recorded 1807. Divider "partition or screen," especially in a room, is from 1959. Divide and rule (c.1600) translates L. divide et impera, a maxim of Machiavelli. Related: Divided; dividing.
COLLAPSE
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Medical Dictionary
divide di·vide (dĭ-vīd')
v. di·vid·ed, di·vid·ing, di·vides
To separate or become separated into parts, sections, groups, or branches.
To sector into units of measurement; graduate.
To separate and group according to kind; classify.
To branch out, as a blood vessel.
To undergo cell division.
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