divide

divide is a Verb

Definition:

[1] To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts. Divide the living child in two. 1 Kings iii. 25.

[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. Let it divide the waters from the waters. Gen. i. 6.

[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. True justice unto people to divide. Spenser. Ye shall divide the land by lot. Num. xxxiii. 54.

[4] To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance. If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom can not stand. Mark iii. 24. Every family became now divided within itself. Prescott.

[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.

[6] To subject to arithmetical division.

[7] To separate into species; -- said of a genus or generic term.

[8] To mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a sextant.

[9] To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations. [Obs.] Spenser.