单词 | redivision |
释义 | redivisionn. Renewed division; division in a different way. Also: a further division. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [noun] > renewed division redivision1598 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. ix. ii. f. 44v/1 Redivisione [Fr. subdiuision, Du. herverdeling] of the first kind of Ligature. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1956) VIII. 255 The Schooles have made so many Divisions, and sub-divisions, and re-divisions, and post-divisions of Ignorance. 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii. vi. 522 Plato..never hints..that an entire subsequent redivision had been resorted to by Lycurgus. 1862 S. Lucas Secularia 400 A series of divisions and re-divisions and exchanges. 1920 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 14 273 If..a reapportionment necessarily results not only in a redivision of territory,..but also in an actual reduction of the number of positions to be filled, there will normally be a distinct reluctance to reapportion. 1958 Population Stud. 11 196 Divorce in these circles involved the unscrambling of this settlement [sc. the wife's dowry], the re-division of the husband's property which he, being the dominant partner would naturally attempt to avoid. 2005 J. L. Gelvin Israel-Palestine Confl. ii. 31 Each family of each clan received an allotment during a periodic redivision of land-use rights. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598 |
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