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undiˈvided, ppl. a.
[un-1 8 and 5 b.]
1. Not divided, separated, or broken up into parts.
c1412Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 4469 The blessid trinite, Whiche þat euery man of cristen byleeue Knoweth an vndyuyded vnite. 1480Cov. Leet Bk. 442 And so ye togeder, as on holy body vndevided, to sewe for the redresse therof. 1553Eden Treat. New Ind. (Arb.) 16 Theyr fete..hauing fyue toes like hoeues vndeuided. c1620Robinson Mary Magd. 952 A robe hee wore, like to his essence, pure; That vndiuided; vndeuided hee. 1662Stillingfl. Orig. Sacræ iii. ii. §18 Some of them [sc. particles] are more undivided then others are. 1780Mirror No. 100, One great undivided impression, or an uninterrupted chain of congenial events. 1837P. Keith Bot. Lex. 374 The feet..are single and undivided, as in the horse. 1869H. F. Tozer Highl. Turkey II. 152 One unbroken level, which..presents an undivided area of dry and yellow soil.
b. Not separated or parted from each other.
1521[see undissevered ppl. a.]. c1600Shakes. Sonn. xxxvi, We two must be twaine, Although our vndeuided loues are one. 1626Bacon Sylva §752 There have been some Men, that have had their Teeth undivided, as of one whole Bone. 1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) IV. 34 In death we will be undivided. 1822Shelley Epitaph 1 These are two friends whose lives were undivided.
2. Not divided by disagreement or dissension.
c1440Lydg. Hors, Shepe & G. 510 Vndevided with herte, will & thouht To doon her office as nature hath hem wrouht.
3. Not divided between persons; shared or held jointly or in common. Also quasi-adv., jointly.
1544tr. Littleton's Tenures 67 They ought by the lawe to occupy suche landes and tenementes in comon, and vndeuyded to take the profytes in comon. 1660R. Coke Power & Subj. 1 To suppose..all men to be equal, and to have a common and undivided Right to all things. 1713C'tess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 243 Your unentailed, your undivided Air, Where no Proprietor was ever known. 1817Shelley Rev. Islam ix. xxix, Let those..Insult with careless tread, our undivided tomb. 1877Raymond Statist. Mines & Mining 247 It..is owned by Lewis Reese and Co.,..who hold an undivided half interest.
b. Not divided between different objects; concentrated on, devoted to, directed towards, one object; whole, entire.
1746Hervey Refl. on Flower Garden 81 Be it thy one undivided Aim to glorify Him! 1779Mirror No. 13, Where the undivided attention has leisure to brood over the few..objects which surround him. 1856N. Brit. Rev. XXVI. 261 A course of study..sufficient to occupy the undivided time of the longest life. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. I. Pref., The present revision, to which a solid year of close and undivided application has been devoted.
c. Not shared by others; confined to one person.
1867Pearson Hist. Eng. I. 39 The success of Agricola, showed that the country was not too large for an undivided command. 1878R. B. Smith Carthage 177 On his own undivided responsiblity, he crossed the straits.
Hence unˈdividedness.
1889Abp. Benson in Life (1899) II. 283 To illustrate the undividedness of the Church of Wales and England. |