To part
asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to
sunder; to separate into parts.
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.
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.
To disunite in opinion or interest; to
make discordant or hostile; to set at variance.
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.
To subject to arithmetical
division.
To separate into species; -
- said of a genus or generic term.
To mark divisions on; to
graduate; as, to divide a sextant.
To play or sing in a florid
style, or with variations.