divided

divided
    adj 1: separated into parts or pieces; "opinions are divided"
           [ant: {united}]
    2: having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic
       moving in opposite directions; "a divided highway" [syn:
       {divided}, {dual-lane}]
    3: distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan
       or purpose [syn: {divided}, {divided up}, {shared}, {shared
       out}]
    

Divide \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.
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            Divide the living child in two.       --1 Kings iii.
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   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.
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            Let it divide the waters from the waters. --Gen. i.
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   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.
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            True justice unto people to divide.   --Spenser.
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            Ye shall divide the land by lot.      --Num. xxxiii.
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   4. To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or
      hostile; to set at variance.
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            If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom
            can not stand.                        --Mark iii.
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            Every family became now divided within itself.
                                                  --Prescott.
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   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.
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   6. (Math.) To subject to arithmetical division.
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   7. (Logic) To separate into species; -- said of a genus or
      generic term.
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   8. (Mech.) To mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a
      sextant.
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   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.
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Divided \Di*vid"ed\, a.
   1. Parted; disunited; distributed.
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   2. (Bot.) Cut into distinct parts, by incisions which reach
      the midrib; -- said of a leaf.
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38 Moby Thesaurus words for "divided":
      alienated, bifurcated, bisected, branched, branching, cleft,
      cloven, detached, dichotomous, dimidiate, disaffected,
      disarticulated, disconnected, disengaged, disjoined, disjoint,
      disjointed, disjunct, dislocated, dispersed, disunited, divorced,
      estranged, forked, forking, halved, irreconcilable, isolated,
      ramified, removed, riven, scattered, segregated, separated,
      sequestered, shut off, split, torn