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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Ramify :: Ramify (v. t.) To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art, subject, scheme..
Dualism :: Dualism (n.) The doctrine that all mankind are divided by the arbitrary decree of God, and in his eternal foreknowledge, into two classes, the elect and the reprobate..
Cut :: Cut (n.) The right to divide; as, whose cut is it?.
Break :: Break (v. i.) To come apart or divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence; to part; to burst asunder..
Horse :: Horse (n.) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance..
Suchwise :: Suchospondylous (a.) Having dorsal vertebrae with long and divided transverse processes; -- applied to certain reptiles.
Synantherous :: Synangium (n.) The divided part beyond the pylangium in the aortic trunk of the amphibian heart.
Divisionor :: Divisionor (n.) One who divides or makes division.
Eocene :: Eocene (a.) Pertaining to the first in time of the three subdivisions into which the Tertiary formation is divided by geologists, and alluding to the approximation in its life to that of the present era; as, Eocene deposits..
Fork :: Fork (v. i.) To divide into two or more branches; as, a road, a tree, or a stream forks..
Day :: Day (n.) The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a solar day; if it is a star, a sidereal day; if it is the moon, a lunar day. See Civil day, Sidereal day
Shear :: Shear (v. i.) To become more or less completely divided, as a body under the action of forces, by the sliding of two contiguous parts relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact..
Centuriate :: Centuriate (a.) Pertaining to, or divided into, centuries or hundreds..
Subclavian :: Subclass (n.) One of the natural groups, more important than an order, into which some classes are divided; as, the angiospermous subclass of exogens..
Slice :: Slice (v. t.) To cut into parts; to divide.
Esnecy :: Esnecy (n.) A prerogative given to the eldest coparcener to choose first after an inheritance is divided.
Discind :: Discind (v. t.) To part; to divide.
Tansy :: Tansy (n.) Any plant of the composite genus Tanacetum. The common tansy (T. vulgare) has finely divided leaves, a strong aromatic odor, and a very bitter taste. It is used for medicinal and culinary purposes..
Zonate :: Zonate (a.) Divided by parallel planes; as, zonate tetraspores, found in certain red algae..
Undivided :: Undivided (a.) Not set off, as a share in a firm; not made actually separate by division; as, a partner, owning one half in a firm, is said to own an undivided half so long as the business continues and his share is not set off to him..
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