Definition of divide

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Divide (v. t.) To separate into species; -- said of a genus or generic term.

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Somatopleure :: Somatopleure (n.) The outer, or parietal, one of the two lamellae into which the vertebrate blastoderm divides on either side of the notochord, and from which the walls of the body and the amnion are developed. See Splanchnopleure..
Tierce :: Tierce (a.) Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; -- said of an escutcheon.
Pentacrostic :: Pentacrostic (n.) A set of verses so disposed that the name forming the subject of the acrostic occurs five times -- the whole set of verses being divided into five different parts from top to bottom.
Divide :: Divide (v. i.) 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..
Trisect :: Trisect (v. t.) To cut or divide into three parts.
Century :: Century (n.) One of sixty companies into which a legion of the army was divided. It was Commanded by a centurion.
Syllabication :: Syllabicate (v. t.) To form or divide into syllables; to syllabify.
Cancellation :: Cancellation (n.) The operation of striking out common factors, in both the dividend and divisor..
Jagged :: "Jagged (a.) Having jags; having rough, sharp notches, protuberances, or teeth; cleft; laciniate; divided; as, jagged rocks..
Circus :: Circus (n.) A level oblong space surrounded on three sides by seats of wood, earth, or stone, rising in tiers one above another, and divided lengthwise through the middle by a barrier around which the track or course was laid out. It was used for chariot races, games, and public shows..
Partition :: Partition (v.) A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment.
Divided :: Divided (a.) Cut into distinct parts, by incisions which reach the midrib; -- said of a leaf..
Twin :: Twin (v. t.) To separate into two parts; to part; to divide; hence, to remove; also, to strip; to rob..
Inch :: Inch (n.) A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechanics. It was also formerly divided into twelve parts, called lines, and originally into three parts, called barleycorns, its length supposed to have been determined from three grains of barley placed end to end lengthwise. It is also sometimes called a prime ('), composed of twelve seconds (''), as in the duodecimal system of arithmetic..
Plastide :: Plastide (n.) One of the many minute granules found in the protoplasm of vegetable cells. They are divided by their colors into three classes, chloroplastids, chromoplastids, and leucoplastids..
Blue :: Blue (n.) One of the seven colors into which the rays of light divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism; the color of the clear sky, or a color resembling that, whether lighter or darker; a pigment having such color. Sometimes, poetically, the sky..
Barry :: Barry (a.) Divided into bars; -- said of the field.
Spiculate :: Spiculate (a.) Covered with minute spiculae, or pointed fleshy appendages; divided into small spikelets..
Pleuroperitoneum :: Pleuroperitoneum (n.) The pleural and peritoneal membranes, or the membrane lining the body cavity and covering the surface of the inclosed viscera; the peritoneum; -- used especially in the case of those animals in which the body cavity is not divided..
Sever :: Sever (v. t.) To cut or break open or apart; to divide into parts; to cut through; to disjoin; as, to sever the arm or leg..
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