American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1

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Author: Noah Webster

Divide

DIVIDE, v.t. [L., to part. See the latter words.]

1. To part or separate an entire thing; to part a thing into two or more pieces.

Divide the living child in two. 1 Ki 3.

2. To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition or by an imaginary line or limit. A wall divides two houses. The equator divides the earth into two hemispheres.

Let the firmament divide the waters from the waters. Gen 1.

3. To make partition of, among a number.

Ye shall divide the land by lot. Num 33.

4. To open; to cleave.

Thou dist divide the sea. Neh 9.

5. To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant.

There shall be five in one house divided, three against two--Luke 12.

6. To distribute; to separate and bestow in parts or shares.

And he divided to them his living. Luke 15.

7. To make dividends; to apportion the interest or profits of stock among proprietors; as, the bank divides six per cent.

8. To separate into two parts, for ascertaining opinions for and against a measure; as, to divide a legislative house, in voting.

DIVIDE, v.i.

1. To part; to open; to cleave.

2. To break friendship; as, brothers divide.

3. To vote by the division of a legislative house into two parts.

The emperors sat, voted and divided with their equals.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Divide," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed March 30, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KSFVDMDA7HTP8UX.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Divide." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 30 Mar. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KSFVDMDA7HTP8UX.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Divide' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 30 March 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KSFVDMDA7HTP8UX.