dividev.

Brit.

/dᵻˈvʌɪd/, U.S.

/dəˈvaɪd/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s divyde, dyvyde, devyde, dyvide, Middle English–1600s devide, Middle English Scottish dewyd(e, dewid.

Etymology: Middle English de- , dividen , < Latin dīvidĕre to force asunder, cleave, apportion, distribute, separate, remove): compare Italian dividere , Spanish dividir , Portuguese dividir ; French has diviser (Old French deviser ): see devise v.

I. Transitive senses.

a. To separate (a thing) into parts, or (a number or collective body) into smaller groups; to split up, cleave; to break or cut asunder.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separate [verb (transitive)]

to-twemec893

sunderOE

asunderOE

shedOE

dealOE

shill1049

skillc1175

to-twinc1175

twinc1230

disseverc1250

depart1297

slita1300

to-throwc1315

parta1325

drevec1325

devisec1330

dividec1374

sever1382

unknit?a1425

divorce1430

separea1450

separate?a1475

untine1496

to put apart1530

discussa1542

deceper1547

disseparate1550

apart1563

unjoint1565

shoal1571

divisionatea1586

single1587

dispart1590

descide1598

disassociate1598

distract1600

dissolve1605

discriminate1615

dissociate1623

discerpa1628

discind1640

dissunder1642

distinguish1648

severize1649

unstring1674

skaila1833

cleave1873

dirempt1885

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) iii. pr. ix. 65 Thylke thing þat symply is o thing, with-owten any deuysyon, the errour and folye of mankynde departeth and deuydeth it.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 3 Kings iii. 25 Deuydeþ he seiþ þe quyke child in two parties.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) x. l. 352 Hys power sone he gart dewyd in twa.

1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 158 We breake and deuide this holy breade.

1611 Bible (King James) Dan. v. 28 Thy kingdome is diuided, and giuen to the Medes and Persians.

1712 A. Pope Rape of Locke i, in Misc. Poems 362 He first expands the glitt'ring Forfex wide T'inclose the Lock; now joins it, to divide.

1776 Jrnl. U.S. Congress 17 July If a question in a debate contains more parts than one, any member may have the same divided into as many questions as parts.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 552 Argyle divided his mountaineers into three regiments.

b. to divide the hoof: to have divided or cloven hoofs. (A Hebraism of Scripture.)

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1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Lev. xi. 7 A sowe that al be it that sche dyuidith [a1425 L.V. departith] the clee, she chewith not kude.

1611 Bible (King James) Lev. xi. 7 The swine, though he diuide the hoofe and be clouen footed, yet hee cheweth not the cud.

1677 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 2) iii. 3 All sorts of greater Fowl, viz. those who divide the foot.

c. To penetrate by motion through, pass through or across, ‘cleave’; also transferred to make (a path) through. (poetic and rhetorical).

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > through > sharply

cleave1558

cuta1571

harrow1582

divide1590

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. L He..With strong flight did forcibly diuyde The yielding ayre.

1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud i. iv, in Maud & Other Poems 3 I heard The shrill-edged shriek of a mother divide the shuddering night.

1872 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David III. Ps. lxvi. 6 To divide a pathway through such a sea.

†d. To determine, decide. Obsolete. rare.

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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > settlement of dispute, arbitration > settle, arbitrate [verb (transitive)]

redeOE

to-dealc1275

deraignc1330

determinec1380

award1393

decidec1400

decise?a1425

decernc1425

discernc1425

arbitrea1513

deema1513

moder1534

resolve1586

divide1596

arbitrate1597

fit1600

moderate1602

umpire1609

sopite1628

appointa1631

determinate1647

issue1650

settle1651

to cut the melon1911

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 74 The Erle Douglas..bidis outher ȝeild him selfe, or the morne diuyde it with the sworde.

e. divide and rule (occasionally divide and govern) [translating Latin divide et impera (also used)] : a statement of the policy of not allowing subject peoples or factions to make common cause.

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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific policies or advocacy of > [phrase] > divide and rule

divide and rule1602

1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions iii. 69 According to Machiauels rule of divide & impera.

1609 Bp. J. Hall Medit. & Vowes (new ed.) I. §93 For a Prince, that he may haue good successe against either rebels or forraine enemies, it is a sure axiome, Diuide and rule.

1870 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable 231/1 Divide and Govern. Divide a nation into parties, or set your enemies at loggerheads, and you can have your own way. A maxim of Machiavelli.

1932 R. Kipling Limits & Renewals 91 Divide and rule—especially with Hebrews.

1936 P. Fleming News from Tartary v. iii. 198 There has really been no need for the Chinese to put their immemorial colonial policy of Divide et impera into practice; nature has done it for them.

1948 B. Stevenson Home Bk. Proverbs (1959) 1014/1 ‘Divide et impera’..was the motto of Philip of Macedon and of Louis XI of France, in dealing with his nobles. It was the traditional motto of Austria. Polybius, Bossuet, and Montesquieu used it, but it is generally ascribed to Machiavelli.

1962 Listener 26 Apr. 718/2 True to their traditional ‘divide and rule’ policy British diplomats tried to deepen the differences between the Kenya African National Union and the Kenya African Democratic Union.

2. To separate into branches; to cause to ramify.

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the world > space > relative position > inclination > divergence > thrust apart [verb (transitive)] > cause to ramify

dividec1400

ramify?a1425

spray1572

bifurcate1615

disseminate1664

divaricate1671

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 26 Þat þe spirit of lijf myȝte be brouȝt bi hem to al þe bodi þese arteries ben devyded many weiss.

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 158 Þis veyne..strecchiþ to þe vttere partie of þe schuldre & þere is dyuydid.

1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. iv. 172 This Fort stood upon a point, which divided the Rheyn into two Arms or Branches.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. l. 478 The rod or staff is divided at right angles in two pieces.

a. To separate or mark out (a continuous whole) into parts (in fact, or in thought); to make to consist of parts, or to distinguish the parts of. Said of a personal agent, or of a line or boundary; usually with the number of parts specified. Most frequently in passive; sometimes referring chiefly to condition, and so nearly = to consist of (so many) parts.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)]

to-shedc888

to-dealeOE

dealc950

twemea1023

to-doOE

to-shiftc1122

brittenc1175

sunderc1230

depart1297

parta1300

twain15..

dividec1380

minisha1382

dressc1410

dissever1417

sever1435

quarterc1440

distinct1526

videc1540

disperse1548

several1570

separate1581

dirempt1587

distinguish1609

piecemeal1611

discrete1624

dispart1629

slit1645

parcel1652

canton1653

tripartite1653

split1707

carve1711

scind1869

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 407 Crist devydiþ al man~kynde in þre partis.

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 108 Dyuers men..dyuyden þe brayn panne diuerslych; summen noumbren mo boonys þan summe oþir speken of.

1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) 1st Prol. 3 Thys boke ys deuyded in to thre partyes.

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia Pref. sig. F^v A Ruler divided into inches and small parts.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 688 Thir songs Divide the night, and lift our thoughts to Heaven.

1777 J. Ramsden (title) Description of an Engine for dividing Straight Lines on Mathematical Instruments.

1797 Encycl. Brit. III. 43 Barry-Pily, is when a coat is divided by several lines drawn obliquely from side to side.

1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 338/1 Graduation is the name commonly applied to the art of dividing mathematical and astronomical instruments.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 40 A little garden..all round it ran a walk Of shingle, and a walk divided it.

b. Billiards. To distinguish (the ball) into distinct parts or points to be aimed at.

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1857 ‘Capt. Crawley’ Billiards (ed. 2) v. 42 The old and more usual style of play is to divide the object ball..striking your own ball full in the centre; by the side stroke just the reverse plan is adopted, and you divide your own ball and strike the object ball full.

a. To separate into classes; to distinguish the kinds of; to class, classify.

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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > arrange by kind [verb (transitive)]

divide1551

categorize1705

classify1776

1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Mviij^v Comparacions are deuided twoo maner of waies, for either they bee equal, or not equall.

a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. (1768) II. 225 Mankind, in general, may be divided into persons of understanding, and persons of genius.

1845 R. W. Hamilton Inst. Pop. Educ. iii. 37 We commonly divide the people into agricultural and manufacturing.

†b. Formerly, in scholastic use: to draw distinctions with regard to; also absol. = distinguish v. 4b, 8. Obsolete.

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1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Eij I would deuide this word, Canis, into a dog, a fish of the sea, and a starre in the Elemente, thus might I say, Canis is either a dog that liueth vpon the yearth, or els a starre in the elemente.

a. To separate (a thing) from something else, or (things) from each other; to cut off, sunder, part.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separate [verb (transitive)] > separate from

to-partc1325

dividec1380

separate1526

decide1570

discoast1583

shut1697

mark1706

to shut off1833

to mark off1848

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 426 If þe pope & alle his clerkis weren dyuydid fro cristis chirche.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Sam. i. 23 Saul and Jonathas loueli..in deeth thei ben not deuydide.

1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. (1482) ccxliii. 293 The kyng made hem to goo out of the feld at ones, and so they were deuyded of hyr bataylles.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. F1^v The people..had..deuided themselues from the Senate.

1637 J. Milton Comus 10 Could that divide you from neere-ushering guides?

1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 16 The sick were divided from the rest.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits iii. 47 The sea, which..divided the poor Britons utterly from the world.

b. To separate mentally, distinguish from. rare.

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1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 37 Enid..all confused at first, Could scarce divide it from her foolish dream.

6. To separate or mark off (a thing) from something adjacent, or (adjacent things or parts) from one another; to establish or constitute a boundary between. (Said of a personal agent, or of the boundary, etc.) literal and figurative.

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > bound or form boundary of [verb (transitive)] > separate by or as a boundary

divide1382

disterminate1599

confine1601

disbound1621

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. i. 4 God..deuydid liȝt fro derknessis.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. i. 6 Be maad a firmament in the myddel of watres, and dyuyde it watres fro watrys.

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 86 Thus danz Aristoteles These thre sciences [theorique, rhetorique, practique] hath devided.

?1510 T. More tr. G. Pico della Mirandola in tr. G. F. Pico della Mirandola Lyfe I. Picus sig. e.v The partes and lottys of enheritaunces were of olde tyme met owt and diuided by cordis or ropis.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 95 A partition wall..dividing the little roome from the body of the Chappell.

1733 A. Pope Ess. Man i. 208 What thin partitions Sense from Thought divide.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xlvi. 69 Eternal form shall still divide The eternal soul from all beside.

7. To separate (persons) in opinion, feeling, or interest; to cause to disagree, set at variance, produce dissension in or among; to distract or perplex (a person) by conflicting thoughts or feelings.

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society > society and the community > dissent > become at variance with [verb (transitive)] > cause (dissension) > destroy unity

dividec1380

disunite1562

rend1610

atomize1895

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 365 Þes newe ordris ben dividid in þer love.

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 7 Þe regnes ben diuided, In stede of loue is hate guided.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xii. f. xcviij^v There shalbe five in won housse devided, thre agaynst two, and two agaynst thre.

1650 T. Bayly Worcesters Apophthegmes 77 The Marquess, was much divided within himself.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. viii. 282 Men are divided in their Opinions, Whether our Pleasures overballance our Pains.

1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) II. xxi. 255 The fluxionary controversy had at this time begun to divide the mathematical world.

a. To distribute among a number; to deal out, dispense. Const. †to (obsolete), among, between, up.

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the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > divide into shares > divide and share out

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share1577

to share out1583

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dispart1629

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appart1798

whack1819

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number1887

cut1928

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xix. 210 I will dele..& dyuyde grace To alkynnes creatures.

c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 190 Crist..wolde not juge ne devide heritage among men.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xi. l. 1011 The castellis off Scotland King Eduuard haill has tane in his awin hand; Deuidyt syn to men that he wald lik.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. xii. 11 The silfe same sprete, devydynge to every man severall gyftes, even as he will.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxvi. 230 God divided the land of Canaan amongst the Israelites.

1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes iii. 145 The Ministers, had their Stipends divided to them out of these Offerings.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 319 Of the rent, a large proportion was divided among the country gentlemen.

1914 E. Cannan Wealth v. 82 Even the pasture was divided up with the small exceptions which we see in the ‘commons’ of the present day.

b. To take or have a portion of (something) along with another or others; to share.

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the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > divide into shares > and give to others and oneself

divide1526

compart1575

to break with1821

divvy1877

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xii. f. xcvj^v Master, bid my brother devide the enherytaunce with me.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. viii. 18 'Tis Ioane, not we, by whom the day is wonne: For which, I will diuide my Crowne with her.

1645 J. Milton Passion i, in Poems 17 Ere-while of Musick, and Ethereal mirth..My muse with Angels did divide to sing.

1697 J. Dryden Alexander's Feast vii. 7 Let old Timotheus yield the Prize, Or both divide the Crown.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Walking to Mail in Poems (new ed.) II. 50 These two parties still divide the world—Of those that want, and those that have.

absolute.a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. vii. 87 Make good this ostentation, and you shall Diuide in all, with vs.

†c. To give forth in various directions. Obsolete.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > send (something) in all directions from centre

divide1595

irradiatea1617

radiate1786

1595 E. Spenser Amoretti vi, in Amoretti & Epithalamion sig. A4^v When it once doth burne, it doth diuide Great heat.

a1687 E. Waller Of her Chamber in Poems (1893) 26 While she..like Phœbus so divides her light, And warms us, that she stoops not from her height.

†d. To assign severally to different places or posts; to allocate. Obsolete.

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the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > assign or allot

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sign1389

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beteacha1400

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allot1534

carve1578

divide1600

to set off1687

1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 315 To devide the souldiers and munition into their severall places.

1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 124 There Men are all divided, so many to each Boat, and so they go to the Oyster-Banks.

1718 I. Watts Psalms of David i. (L.M.) v The dreadful judge with stern command Divides him to a different place.

e. To distribute (attention, etc.) between different objects; to direct to different things.

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a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 551 Me thinkes I see Leontes..ore and ore diuides him, 'Twixt his vnkindnesse, and his Kindnesse.

1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace ii. ii. 18 I, who at some times spend, at others spare, Divided between Carelessness and Care.

1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iv. xxiii. 160 The bell's grim voice divides thy care, 'Twixt hours of penitence and prayer!

1842 Ld. Tennyson Morte d'Arthur in Poems (new ed.) II. 6 Both his eyes were dazzled, as he stood, This way and that dividing the swift mind, In act to throw. [Cf. Virgil Æn. iv. 285.]

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xi. 290 The guide's attention had been divided between his work and his safety.

9. Mathematics.

a. to divide a number or quantity by another: to find how many times the latter is contained in the former; to perform the process of division n. on. (Also absol.)

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the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > perform arithmetic or algebraic operations [verb (transitive)] > divide

to-dealeOE

to divide?c1425

part1579

distribute1593

?c1425 Crafte Nombrynge in R. Steele Earliest Arithm. in Eng. (1922) 27 Þou schalt deuide..þe noumbre..by þe neþer figures.

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xv. v Who knewe arsmetryke in every degre..Bothe to detraye and to devyde and adde.

1543 R. Record Ground of Artes i. sig. L.iii Then do I diuide 642 by 3.

1652 News from Lowe Countreys 8 Podex can cast, can clear a summe, Adde, Multiply, Subtract, Divide.

1827 O. Gregory Hutton's Course Math. (ed. 9) I. 8 8 ÷ 4, denotes that 8 is to be divided by 4.

b. Of a number or quantity: To be a divisor or factor of (another number or quantity); to be contained an exact number of times in; to measure.

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1702 V. Mandey tr. J. J. Hainlin Synopsis Mathematica: Theoret. Arithm. i. 4 A Number is said to measure a Number, when one so exactly divides the other, that nothing remains.

1897 N.E.D. at Divide Mod. 9 divides 36. x + y divides xn + yn when n is odd.

†c. To take the difference of the terms of a given ratio, and make a new ratio by comparing this difference with either term of the original one. Obsolete. The phrase ‘by dividing’ is now expressed by the Latin dividendo. See also divided adj. 5.

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1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. iii. §9. 402 By compounding and dividing them, you will have the ratio of SA + SP to SP, and SA—SP to SP.

10. To part (a legislative assembly, etc.) into two groups which are counted in order to ascertain the number voting on each side of a question. Also absol. and intransitive.

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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [verb (intransitive)] > divide

divide1554

1554 Orig. Jrnls. House of Commons 19 Apr. 1 f. 109 Vpon the question for the bill the House dyd divyde.

1604 Orig. Jrnls. House of Commons 24 Mar. 3 f. 48 The voyce seeming doubtfull, the house was devided.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iv. 246 The House being then divided, upon the Passing or Not passing it, it was carried for the Affirmative, by Nine voices, and no more.

a1794 E. Gibbon (Webster 1828) The emperors sat, voted, and divided with their equals.

1801 G. Rose Diaries (1860) I. 335 Opposition were afraid to divide upon it.

1885 Manch. Examiner 15 May 6/2 The House..divided, when Mr. Gladstone's motion was carried by 337 to 38.

1897 N.E.D. at Divide Mod. The honourable member proceeded amid cries of ‘Divide!’ ‘Divide!’

1897 N.E.D. at Divide Mod. Mr. B. expressed his intention of dividing the House on the motion.

†11. Music.

a. transitive. To perform with ‘divisions’. Obsolete.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform (music) [verb (transitive)] > specific style or technique

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tinkle1582

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slur1746

da capo1764

rattlea1766

to run over ——1789

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spread?1822

develop1838

arpeggio1864

propose1864

recapitulate1873

jazz1915

lilt1916

jazzify1927

thump1929

schmaltz1936

belt1947

stroke1969

funkify1973

scratch1984

scratch-mix1985

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. v. sig. E2 Most heauenly melody About the bed sweet musicke did diuide.

b. intransitive. To perform or execute ‘divisions’; to descant: see division n. 7. Obsolete.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform music [verb (intransitive)] > specific style or technique

descanta1450

to stay on1579

to run division1590

divide1609

shake1611

flourish1766

tweedle-dee1837

slide1864

Wagnerize1866

to break a chord1879

magadize1904

scoop1927

segue1958

rap1979

rhyme1979

scratch1982

1609 Euerie Woman in her Humor sig. E3^v What heauie string doost thou deuide vpon?

a1625 J. Fletcher Loyal Subj. ii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ddd4 ^v/1 You will divide too, shortly, Your voice comes finely forward.

12. Of a horse: (?) To distribute his legs and feet as they touch the ground; to keep them clear of each other in walking, trotting, etc. Also absol.

ΚΠ

1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. i. 23 How a Horse ought to devide his Legs.

1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. i. 38 Horses that divide all four well.

1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. v. 93 The truest way to know whether he be a firm compact Nag, and divide well.

II. Intransitive senses. (See also 4b, 9, 10, 11b, 12)

13. absol. To make separation or distinction (between). (In quot. 1377, To make distinctions, as in logic: = distinguish v. 8; cf. division n. 3, 6.)

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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > discern [verb (transitive)] > distinguish, separate

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sort1553

to pick outa1555

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define1807

sequester1841

differentiate1857

divaricate1868

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xix. 234 Somme he tauȝte..to dyuyne and diuide.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. lix. 2 Ȝoure wickidnesses deuydeden betwe ȝou and ȝoure God.

1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 98 Diuide with reason betweene selfloue, and society: and bee so true to thy selfe as thou be not false to others.

1661 H. P. Cressy Reflexions Oathes Supremacy 61 Justice requires that we should divide between the innocent and the guilty.

14.

a. intransitive (for reflexive). To become divided, undergo division; to become separated into parts, or from something else or each other; to part; to cleave, break up, go to pieces; to branch, ramify.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (intransitive)]

to-dealeOE

to-goc1000

parta1325

to-shedc1330

departa1387

severc1407

divide1526

dispart1633

split1712

the world > space > relative position > inclination > divergence > diverge [verb (intransitive)] > ramify or branch

twist1340

branch1398

ramify1576

derivea1612

sprig1658

divaricate1672

subdivide1681

ramificate1780

spray1872

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1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Dvii^v Whan we come to the yeres of discrecion, than we deuide in two partes: two companyes and two wayes.

1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. M2^v Bubling from her brest, it [sc. the blood] doth deuide In two slow riuers.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear ii. 107 Loue cooles, friendship fals off, brothers diuide .

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 570 To Right and Left the Front Divided, and to either Flank retir'd.

1734 D. Waterland Scripture Vindicated (ad fin.) (T.) Commentators and criticks have divided upon this matter.

1855 Ld. Tennyson Brook in Maud & Other Poems 105 Her hair In gloss and hue the chestnut, when the shell Divides threefold to show the fruit within.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 144 [The river] divides and subdivides, till at last it is split up into a network of channels.

b. Cambridge University: see division n. 1c.

ΚΠ

1797 Cambr. Univ. Cal. 235 Feb...23. Lent Term divides.

1895–6 Cambr. Univ. Cal. Oct. 1 Michaelmas Term begins. Oct. 20, End of first quarter of Mich. Term. Nov. 9, Michaelmas Term divides. Nov. 29, End of third quarter of Mich. Term. Dec. 19, Michaelmas Term ends.

Draft additions 1993

c. Of a number or quantity: to admit of division.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > perform arithmetic or algebraic operations [verb (intransitive)] > divide into

go1679

divide1938

1938 V. Hopper Medieval Number Symbolism ii. 26 From its original meaning, 40 comes to be a ‘fated’ period, possibly as a result of the statement that after the flood man's days are to be 120 years, which divides exactly into 3 periods of 40 years each.

1985 Nature 31 Oct. 762/1 12 can be divided by 2, 3, 4 and 6 while 10 divides by only 2 and 5.

1986 Nature 31 July 413/1 The scholarly reading population divides naturally into two types.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	divide
释义	dividen. Brit. /dᵻˈvʌɪd/, U.S. /dəˈvaɪd/ Etymology: < divide v. 1. The act of dividing, division: †a. Separation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] asunderingeOE sheddingc1175 twinning?c1225 departingc1300 sunderinga1325 to-dighting1340 partingc1350 disseverancec1374 divisionc1374 severinga1382 departitionc1400 separation1413 sunderance1435 departisonc1440 deceperationa1450 severance1467 dissevering1488 dissever?1507 departurec1515 dividing1526 partition1530 sejunction1532 separatinga1557 sequestration1567 decision1574 divorce1593 disseveration16.. dissevermenta1603 sunderment1603 disparting1611 disunition1611 singling1625 divide1642 severation1649 concisure1656 department1677 secretion1696 abgregation1730 disengagement1791 disassociation1825 dispartment1869 dissociation1877 secernment1894 breakaway1897 delinkage1973 1642 Preparative for Fast 4 This divide and scatter, if it be not prevented, will be no small curse. b. Distribution among a number of persons. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > dividing and sharing out partingc1330 departinga1340 divisionc1380 partition1429 departison1444 dividentc1450 skiftingc1450 partage1484 portiona1513 departition?c1530 dividend1535 portioning1556 reparting1574 repartment1574 parcery1582 sharing1598 apportion1628 compartition1636 department1677 dividing1719 whacking1851 partitionment1864 divide1873 share-out1877 whack1885 sharesies1916 carve-up1935 1873 Contemp. Rev. 21 749 In these [friendly societies]..the hope of a ‘divide’, as it is often termed, tends to keep up the figure of contributions. 1893 J. H. McCarthy Red Diamonds II. 27 There is to be the big divide next New Year, but I shan't be in it. 2. In North American, Australian usage, etc.: A ridge or line of high ground forming the division between two river valleys or systems; a watershed; the Great (Continental) Divide, that of the Rocky Mountains; figurative a dividing or boundary line; spec. the boundary between life and death. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > ridge > [noun] > dividing shodec1330 shed1530 height of land1725 watershed1764 water shear1765 ridge1773 divide1807 water-parting1837 coteau1839 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > bounding line or surface > boundary-line > dividing threadc1400 dividentc1450 several1597 ideal line1767 the Great (Continental) Divide1868 borderline1869 the world > life > death > [noun] > point of death's gateOE the gate(s of death1340 lasta1382 (in) the article (formerly also articles) of death1483 death's door1515 the valley of the shadow of death1535 (one's) last gasp1564 death door1601 extremity1602 on one's last legs1614 verge1750 the Great (Continental) Divide1908 1807 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) ii. 136 Struck and passed the divide between the Grand river and the Verdegris river. 1868 Congress. Globe 14 July 4068/1 The doctrine of political equality forms the great ‘divide’ between parties now as heretofore. 1869 W. J. Palmer Surv. across Continent 171 The great Continental Divide at Arkansas Pass. 1872 J. H. Tice Over Plains 214 [Tales] of those who long since ‘have gone over the Divide’. 1887 R. Murray Geol. Victoria 6 The ‘Main Divide’ of Victoria, forming the watershed line between the Murray River system on the north, and the numerous streams debouching on the southern coast. 1890 Cent. Mag. Mar. 771/1 In central Colorado the ‘Continental Divide’ is a wilderness of desolate peaks. 1893 F. C. Selous Trav. S.-E. Afr. 377 I could take the expedition..along the great divide which forms the watershed. 1907 C. E. Mulford Bar-20 xxiii. 226 Snip! goes his bill an' th' snake slides over th' Divide. 1908 C. E. Mulford Orphan xi. 139 If he was killed, he would have company across the Great Divide. 1909 Daily Chron. 16 Sept. 1/2 He was good to Ruth, and she, too, loved him. But between them still was ‘the great divide’. She could not forget that he had bought her for a string of nuggets. 1955 C. S. Lewis Let. 25 June (1966) 263 Instead of saying the Great Divide came between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, I said..that it didn't. 1965 Listener 16 Sept. 414/2 This is the divide between Barth and Aquinas, it is the divide between the conservative evangelical tradition and liberal theology, it is the divide between Biblicism and the Bishop of Woolwich. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). dividev. Brit. /dᵻˈvʌɪd/, U.S. /dəˈvaɪd/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s divyde, dyvyde, devyde, dyvide, Middle English–1600s devide, Middle English Scottish dewyd(e, dewid. Etymology: Middle English de- , dividen , < Latin dīvidĕre to force asunder, cleave, apportion, distribute, separate, remove): compare Italian dividere , Spanish dividir , Portuguese dividir ; French has diviser (Old French deviser ): see devise v. I. Transitive senses. 1. a. To separate (a thing) into parts, or (a number or collective body) into smaller groups; to split up, cleave; to break or cut asunder. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separate [verb (transitive)] to-twemec893 sunderOE asunderOE shedOE dealOE shill1049 skillc1175 to-twinc1175 twinc1230 disseverc1250 depart1297 slita1300 to-throwc1315 parta1325 drevec1325 devisec1330 dividec1374 sever1382 unknit?a1425 divorce1430 separea1450 separate?a1475 untine1496 to put apart1530 discussa1542 deceper1547 disseparate1550 apart1563 unjoint1565 shoal1571 divisionatea1586 single1587 dispart1590 descide1598 disassociate1598 distract1600 dissolve1605 discriminate1615 dissociate1623 discerpa1628 discind1640 dissunder1642 distinguish1648 severize1649 unstring1674 skaila1833 cleave1873 dirempt1885 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) iii. pr. ix. 65 Thylke thing þat symply is o thing, with-owten any deuysyon, the errour and folye of mankynde departeth and deuydeth it. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 3 Kings iii. 25 Deuydeþ he seiþ þe quyke child in two parties. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) x. l. 352 Hys power sone he gart dewyd in twa. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 158 We breake and deuide this holy breade. 1611 Bible (King James) Dan. v. 28 Thy kingdome is diuided, and giuen to the Medes and Persians. View more context for this quotation 1712 A. Pope Rape of Locke i, in Misc. Poems 362 He first expands the glitt'ring Forfex wide T'inclose the Lock; now joins it, to divide. 1776 Jrnl. U.S. Congress 17 July If a question in a debate contains more parts than one, any member may have the same divided into as many questions as parts. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 552 Argyle divided his mountaineers into three regiments. b. to divide the hoof: to have divided or cloven hoofs. (A Hebraism of Scripture.) ΚΠ 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Lev. xi. 7 A sowe that al be it that sche dyuidith [a1425 L.V. departith] the clee, she chewith not kude. 1611 Bible (King James) Lev. xi. 7 The swine, though he diuide the hoofe and be clouen footed, yet hee cheweth not the cud. View more context for this quotation 1677 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 2) iii. 3 All sorts of greater Fowl, viz. those who divide the foot. c. To penetrate by motion through, pass through or across, ‘cleave’; also transferred to make (a path) through. (poetic and rhetorical). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > through > sharply cleave1558 cuta1571 harrow1582 divide1590 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. L He..With strong flight did forcibly diuyde The yielding ayre. 1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud i. iv, in Maud & Other Poems 3 I heard The shrill-edged shriek of a mother divide the shuddering night. 1872 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David III. Ps. lxvi. 6 To divide a pathway through such a sea. †d. To determine, decide. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > settlement of dispute, arbitration > settle, arbitrate [verb (transitive)] redeOE to-dealc1275 deraignc1330 determinec1380 award1393 decidec1400 decise?a1425 decernc1425 discernc1425 arbitrea1513 deema1513 moder1534 resolve1586 divide1596 arbitrate1597 fit1600 moderate1602 umpire1609 sopite1628 appointa1631 determinate1647 issue1650 settle1651 to cut the melon1911 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 74 The Erle Douglas..bidis outher ȝeild him selfe, or the morne diuyde it with the sworde. e. divide and rule (occasionally divide and govern) [translating Latin divide et impera (also used)] : a statement of the policy of not allowing subject peoples or factions to make common cause. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific policies or advocacy of > [phrase] > divide and rule divide and rule1602 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions iii. 69 According to Machiauels rule of divide & impera. 1609 Bp. J. Hall Medit. & Vowes (new ed.) I. §93 For a Prince, that he may haue good successe against either rebels or forraine enemies, it is a sure axiome, Diuide and rule. 1870 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable 231/1 Divide and Govern. Divide a nation into parties, or set your enemies at loggerheads, and you can have your own way. A maxim of Machiavelli. 1932 R. Kipling Limits & Renewals 91 Divide and rule—especially with Hebrews. 1936 P. Fleming News from Tartary v. iii. 198 There has really been no need for the Chinese to put their immemorial colonial policy of Divide et impera into practice; nature has done it for them. 1948 B. Stevenson Home Bk. Proverbs (1959) 1014/1 ‘Divide et impera’..was the motto of Philip of Macedon and of Louis XI of France, in dealing with his nobles. It was the traditional motto of Austria. Polybius, Bossuet, and Montesquieu used it, but it is generally ascribed to Machiavelli. 1962 Listener 26 Apr. 718/2 True to their traditional ‘divide and rule’ policy British diplomats tried to deepen the differences between the Kenya African National Union and the Kenya African Democratic Union. 2. To separate into branches; to cause to ramify. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > divergence > thrust apart [verb (transitive)] > cause to ramify dividec1400 ramify?a1425 spray1572 bifurcate1615 disseminate1664 divaricate1671 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 26 Þat þe spirit of lijf myȝte be brouȝt bi hem to al þe bodi þese arteries ben devyded many weiss. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 158 Þis veyne..strecchiþ to þe vttere partie of þe schuldre & þere is dyuydid. 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. iv. 172 This Fort stood upon a point, which divided the Rheyn into two Arms or Branches. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. l. 478 The rod or staff is divided at right angles in two pieces. 3. a. To separate or mark out (a continuous whole) into parts (in fact, or in thought); to make to consist of parts, or to distinguish the parts of. Said of a personal agent, or of a line or boundary; usually with the number of parts specified. Most frequently in passive; sometimes referring chiefly to condition, and so nearly = to consist of (so many) parts. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)] to-shedc888 to-dealeOE dealc950 twemea1023 to-doOE to-shiftc1122 brittenc1175 sunderc1230 depart1297 parta1300 twain15.. dividec1380 minisha1382 dressc1410 dissever1417 sever1435 quarterc1440 distinct1526 videc1540 disperse1548 several1570 separate1581 dirempt1587 distinguish1609 piecemeal1611 discrete1624 dispart1629 slit1645 parcel1652 canton1653 tripartite1653 split1707 carve1711 scind1869 c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 407 Crist devydiþ al man~kynde in þre partis. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 108 Dyuers men..dyuyden þe brayn panne diuerslych; summen noumbren mo boonys þan summe oþir speken of. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) 1st Prol. 3 Thys boke ys deuyded in to thre partyes. 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia Pref. sig. F^v A Ruler divided into inches and small parts. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 688 Thir songs Divide the night, and lift our thoughts to Heaven. View more context for this quotation 1777 J. Ramsden (title) Description of an Engine for dividing Straight Lines on Mathematical Instruments. 1797 Encycl. Brit. III. 43 Barry-Pily, is when a coat is divided by several lines drawn obliquely from side to side. 1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 338/1 Graduation is the name commonly applied to the art of dividing mathematical and astronomical instruments. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 40 A little garden..all round it ran a walk Of shingle, and a walk divided it. b. Billiards. To distinguish (the ball) into distinct parts or points to be aimed at. ΚΠ 1857 ‘Capt. Crawley’ Billiards (ed. 2) v. 42 The old and more usual style of play is to divide the object ball..striking your own ball full in the centre; by the side stroke just the reverse plan is adopted, and you divide your own ball and strike the object ball full. 4. a. To separate into classes; to distinguish the kinds of; to class, classify. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > arrange by kind [verb (transitive)] divide1551 categorize1705 classify1776 1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Mviij^v Comparacions are deuided twoo maner of waies, for either they bee equal, or not equall. a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. (1768) II. 225 Mankind, in general, may be divided into persons of understanding, and persons of genius. 1845 R. W. Hamilton Inst. Pop. Educ. iii. 37 We commonly divide the people into agricultural and manufacturing. †b. Formerly, in scholastic use: to draw distinctions with regard to; also absol. = distinguish v. 4b, 8. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Eij I would deuide this word, Canis, into a dog, a fish of the sea, and a starre in the Elemente, thus might I say, Canis is either a dog that liueth vpon the yearth, or els a starre in the elemente. 5. a. To separate (a thing) from something else, or (things) from each other; to cut off, sunder, part. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separate [verb (transitive)] > separate from to-partc1325 dividec1380 separate1526 decide1570 discoast1583 shut1697 mark1706 to shut off1833 to mark off1848 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 426 If þe pope & alle his clerkis weren dyuydid fro cristis chirche. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Sam. i. 23 Saul and Jonathas loueli..in deeth thei ben not deuydide. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. (1482) ccxliii. 293 The kyng made hem to goo out of the feld at ones, and so they were deuyded of hyr bataylles. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. F1^v The people..had..deuided themselues from the Senate. 1637 J. Milton Comus 10 Could that divide you from neere-ushering guides? 1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 16 The sick were divided from the rest. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits iii. 47 The sea, which..divided the poor Britons utterly from the world. b. To separate mentally, distinguish from. rare. ΚΠ 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 37 Enid..all confused at first, Could scarce divide it from her foolish dream. 6. To separate or mark off (a thing) from something adjacent, or (adjacent things or parts) from one another; to establish or constitute a boundary between. (Said of a personal agent, or of the boundary, etc.) literal and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > bound or form boundary of [verb (transitive)] > separate by or as a boundary divide1382 disterminate1599 confine1601 disbound1621 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. i. 4 God..deuydid liȝt fro derknessis. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. i. 6 Be maad a firmament in the myddel of watres, and dyuyde it watres fro watrys. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 86 Thus danz Aristoteles These thre sciences [theorique, rhetorique, practique] hath devided. ?1510 T. More tr. G. Pico della Mirandola in tr. G. F. Pico della Mirandola Lyfe I. Picus sig. e.v The partes and lottys of enheritaunces were of olde tyme met owt and diuided by cordis or ropis. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 95 A partition wall..dividing the little roome from the body of the Chappell. 1733 A. Pope Ess. Man i. 208 What thin partitions Sense from Thought divide. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xlvi. 69 Eternal form shall still divide The eternal soul from all beside. View more context for this quotation 7. To separate (persons) in opinion, feeling, or interest; to cause to disagree, set at variance, produce dissension in or among; to distract or perplex (a person) by conflicting thoughts or feelings. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > become at variance with [verb (transitive)] > cause (dissension) > destroy unity dividec1380 disunite1562 rend1610 atomize1895 c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 365 Þes newe ordris ben dividid in þer love. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 7 Þe regnes ben diuided, In stede of loue is hate guided. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xii. f. xcviij^v There shalbe five in won housse devided, thre agaynst two, and two agaynst thre. 1650 T. Bayly Worcesters Apophthegmes 77 The Marquess, was much divided within himself. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. viii. 282 Men are divided in their Opinions, Whether our Pleasures overballance our Pains. 1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) II. xxi. 255 The fluxionary controversy had at this time begun to divide the mathematical world. 8. a. To distribute among a number; to deal out, dispense. Const. †to (obsolete), among, between, up. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > divide into shares > divide and share out dealc1000 shiftc1000 to-partc1325 partc1330 departa1340 divide1377 portion?a1400 dressc1410 parcel1416 skiftc1420 describe1535 repart1540 sever1548 disparklea1552 enterparten1556 share1577 to share out1583 repartitec1603 dispart1629 parcena1641 cavel1652 partage1660 split1674 snack1675 partition1740 scantle1749 appart1798 whack1819 divvy1877 number1887 cut1928 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xix. 210 I will dele..& dyuyde grace To alkynnes creatures. c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 190 Crist..wolde not juge ne devide heritage among men. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xi. l. 1011 The castellis off Scotland King Eduuard haill has tane in his awin hand; Deuidyt syn to men that he wald lik. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. xii. 11 The silfe same sprete, devydynge to every man severall gyftes, even as he will. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxvi. 230 God divided the land of Canaan amongst the Israelites. 1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes iii. 145 The Ministers, had their Stipends divided to them out of these Offerings. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 319 Of the rent, a large proportion was divided among the country gentlemen. 1914 E. Cannan Wealth v. 82 Even the pasture was divided up with the small exceptions which we see in the ‘commons’ of the present day. b. To take or have a portion of (something) along with another or others; to share. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > divide into shares > and give to others and oneself divide1526 compart1575 to break with1821 divvy1877 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xii. f. xcvj^v Master, bid my brother devide the enherytaunce with me. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. viii. 18 'Tis Ioane, not we, by whom the day is wonne: For which, I will diuide my Crowne with her. View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Milton Passion i, in Poems 17 Ere-while of Musick, and Ethereal mirth..My muse with Angels did divide to sing. 1697 J. Dryden Alexander's Feast vii. 7 Let old Timotheus yield the Prize, Or both divide the Crown. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Walking to Mail in Poems (new ed.) II. 50 These two parties still divide the world—Of those that want, and those that have. absolute.a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. vii. 87 Make good this ostentation, and you shall Diuide in all, with vs. View more context for this quotation †c. To give forth in various directions. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > send (something) in all directions from centre divide1595 irradiatea1617 radiate1786 1595 E. Spenser Amoretti vi, in Amoretti & Epithalamion sig. A4^v When it once doth burne, it doth diuide Great heat. a1687 E. Waller Of her Chamber in Poems (1893) 26 While she..like Phœbus so divides her light, And warms us, that she stoops not from her height. †d. To assign severally to different places or posts; to allocate. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > assign or allot givec1050 bequeatha1325 ordaina1325 assign1340 sortc1374 sign1389 betakea1400 beteacha1400 remiss1525 allot1534 carve1578 divide1600 to set off1687 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 315 To devide the souldiers and munition into their severall places. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 124 There Men are all divided, so many to each Boat, and so they go to the Oyster-Banks. 1718 I. Watts Psalms of David i. (L.M.) v The dreadful judge with stern command Divides him to a different place. e. To distribute (attention, etc.) between different objects; to direct to different things. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 551 Me thinkes I see Leontes..ore and ore diuides him, 'Twixt his vnkindnesse, and his Kindnesse. View more context for this quotation 1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace ii. ii. 18 I, who at some times spend, at others spare, Divided between Carelessness and Care. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iv. xxiii. 160 The bell's grim voice divides thy care, 'Twixt hours of penitence and prayer! 1842 Ld. Tennyson Morte d'Arthur in Poems (new ed.) II. 6 Both his eyes were dazzled, as he stood, This way and that dividing the swift mind, In act to throw. [Cf. Virgil Æn. iv. 285.] 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xi. 290 The guide's attention had been divided between his work and his safety. 9. Mathematics. a. to divide a number or quantity by another: to find how many times the latter is contained in the former; to perform the process of division n. on. (Also absol.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > perform arithmetic or algebraic operations [verb (transitive)] > divide to-dealeOE to divide?c1425 part1579 distribute1593 ?c1425 Crafte Nombrynge in R. Steele Earliest Arithm. in Eng. (1922) 27 Þou schalt deuide..þe noumbre..by þe neþer figures. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xv. v Who knewe arsmetryke in every degre..Bothe to detraye and to devyde and adde. 1543 R. Record Ground of Artes i. sig. L.iii Then do I diuide 642 by 3. 1652 News from Lowe Countreys 8 Podex can cast, can clear a summe, Adde, Multiply, Subtract, Divide. 1827 O. Gregory Hutton's Course Math. (ed. 9) I. 8 8 ÷ 4, denotes that 8 is to be divided by 4. b. Of a number or quantity: To be a divisor or factor of (another number or quantity); to be contained an exact number of times in; to measure. ΚΠ 1702 V. Mandey tr. J. J. Hainlin Synopsis Mathematica: Theoret. Arithm. i. 4 A Number is said to measure a Number, when one so exactly divides the other, that nothing remains. 1897 N.E.D. at Divide Mod. 9 divides 36. x + y divides xn + yn when n is odd. †c. To take the difference of the terms of a given ratio, and make a new ratio by comparing this difference with either term of the original one. Obsolete. The phrase ‘by dividing’ is now expressed by the Latin dividendo. See also divided adj. 5. ΚΠ 1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. iii. §9. 402 By compounding and dividing them, you will have the ratio of SA + SP to SP, and SA—SP to SP. 10. To part (a legislative assembly, etc.) into two groups which are counted in order to ascertain the number voting on each side of a question. Also absol. and intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [verb (intransitive)] > divide divide1554 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [verb (transitive)] > vote > divide members to count vote divide1554 1554 Orig. Jrnls. House of Commons 19 Apr. 1 f. 109 Vpon the question for the bill the House dyd divyde. 1604 Orig. Jrnls. House of Commons 24 Mar. 3 f. 48 The voyce seeming doubtfull, the house was devided. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iv. 246 The House being then divided, upon the Passing or Not passing it, it was carried for the Affirmative, by Nine voices, and no more. a1794 E. Gibbon (Webster 1828) The emperors sat, voted, and divided with their equals. 1801 G. Rose Diaries (1860) I. 335 Opposition were afraid to divide upon it. 1885 Manch. Examiner 15 May 6/2 The House..divided, when Mr. Gladstone's motion was carried by 337 to 38. 1897 N.E.D. at Divide Mod. The honourable member proceeded amid cries of ‘Divide!’ ‘Divide!’ 1897 N.E.D. at Divide Mod. Mr. B. expressed his intention of dividing the House on the motion. †11. Music. a. transitive. To perform with ‘divisions’. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform (music) [verb (transitive)] > specific style or technique squeak1577 tinkle1582 divide1590 shake1611 slur1746 da capo1764 rattlea1766 to run over ——1789 skirl1818 spread?1822 develop1838 arpeggio1864 propose1864 recapitulate1873 jazz1915 lilt1916 jazzify1927 thump1929 schmaltz1936 belt1947 stroke1969 funkify1973 scratch1984 scratch-mix1985 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. v. sig. E2 Most heauenly melody About the bed sweet musicke did diuide. b. intransitive. To perform or execute ‘divisions’; to descant: see division n. 7. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform music [verb (intransitive)] > specific style or technique descanta1450 to stay on1579 to run division1590 divide1609 shake1611 flourish1766 tweedle-dee1837 slide1864 Wagnerize1866 to break a chord1879 magadize1904 scoop1927 segue1958 rap1979 rhyme1979 scratch1982 1609 Euerie Woman in her Humor sig. E3^v What heauie string doost thou deuide vpon? a1625 J. Fletcher Loyal Subj. ii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ddd4 ^v/1 You will divide too, shortly, Your voice comes finely forward. 12. Of a horse: (?) To distribute his legs and feet as they touch the ground; to keep them clear of each other in walking, trotting, etc. Also absol. ΚΠ 1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. i. 23 How a Horse ought to devide his Legs. 1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. i. 38 Horses that divide all four well. 1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. v. 93 The truest way to know whether he be a firm compact Nag, and divide well. II. Intransitive senses. (See also 4b, 9, 10, 11b, 12) 13. absol. To make separation or distinction (between). (In quot. 1377, To make distinctions, as in logic: = distinguish v. 8; cf. division n. 3, 6.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > discern [verb (transitive)] > distinguish, separate winnowc825 tryc1330 distinguea1340 divide1377 departc1380 devisea1400 sever1426 perceivea1500 deem1530 discern1533 searcec1535 sort1553 to pick outa1555 decern1559 difference1596 distinguisha1616 severalize1645 separate1651 secern1656 run1795 define1807 sequester1841 differentiate1857 divaricate1868 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xix. 234 Somme he tauȝte..to dyuyne and diuide. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. lix. 2 Ȝoure wickidnesses deuydeden betwe ȝou and ȝoure God. 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 98 Diuide with reason betweene selfloue, and society: and bee so true to thy selfe as thou be not false to others. 1661 H. P. Cressy Reflexions Oathes Supremacy 61 Justice requires that we should divide between the innocent and the guilty. 14. a. intransitive (for reflexive). To become divided, undergo division; to become separated into parts, or from something else or each other; to part; to cleave, break up, go to pieces; to branch, ramify. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (intransitive)] to-dealeOE to-goc1000 parta1325 to-shedc1330 departa1387 severc1407 divide1526 dispart1633 split1712 the world > space > relative position > inclination > divergence > diverge [verb (intransitive)] > ramify or branch twist1340 branch1398 ramify1576 derivea1612 sprig1658 divaricate1672 subdivide1681 ramificate1780 spray1872 divide1878 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Dvii^v Whan we come to the yeres of discrecion, than we deuide in two partes: two companyes and two wayes. 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. M2^v Bubling from her brest, it [sc. the blood] doth deuide In two slow riuers. View more context for this quotation 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear ii. 107 Loue cooles, friendship fals off, brothers diuide . View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 570 To Right and Left the Front Divided, and to either Flank retir'd. View more context for this quotation 1734 D. Waterland Scripture Vindicated (ad fin.) (T.) Commentators and criticks have divided upon this matter. 1855 Ld. Tennyson Brook in Maud & Other Poems 105 Her hair In gloss and hue the chestnut, when the shell Divides threefold to show the fruit within. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 144 [The river] divides and subdivides, till at last it is split up into a network of channels. b. Cambridge University: see division n. 1c. ΚΠ 1797 Cambr. Univ. Cal. 235 Feb...23. Lent Term divides. 1895–6 Cambr. Univ. Cal. Oct. 1 Michaelmas Term begins. Oct. 20, End of first quarter of Mich. Term. Nov. 9, Michaelmas Term divides. Nov. 29, End of third quarter of Mich. Term. Dec. 19, Michaelmas Term ends. Draft additions 1993 c. Of a number or quantity: to admit of division. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > perform arithmetic or algebraic operations [verb (intransitive)] > divide into go1679 divide1938 1938 V. Hopper Medieval Number Symbolism ii. 26 From its original meaning, 40 comes to be a ‘fated’ period, possibly as a result of the statement that after the flood man's days are to be 120 years, which divides exactly into 3 periods of 40 years each. 1985 Nature 31 Oct. 762/1 12 can be divided by 2, 3, 4 and 6 while 10 divides by only 2 and 5. 1986 Nature 31 July 413/1 The scholarly reading population divides naturally into two types. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1642v.c1374
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