[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

divide \divide"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. divided; p. pr.  vb.
   n. dividing. l. dividere, divisum; di- = dis- + root
   signifying to part; cf. skr. vyadh to pierce; perh. akin to
   l. vidua widow, and e. widow. cf. device, devise.
   1. to part asunder a whole; to sever into two or more parts
      or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.
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            divide the living child in two.       --1 kings iii.
                                                  25.
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   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.
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            let it divide the waters from the waters. --gen. i.
                                                  6.
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   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.
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            true justice unto people to divide.   --spenser.
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            ye shall divide the land by lot.      --num. xxxiii.
                                                  54.
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   4. to disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or
      hostile; to set at variance.
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            if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom
            can not stand.                        --mark iii.
                                                  24.
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            every family became now divided within itself.
                                                  --prescott.
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   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.
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   6. math. to subject to arithmetical division.
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   7. logic to separate into species; -- said of a genus or
      generic term.
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   8. mech. to mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a
      sextant.
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   9. music to play or sing in a florid style, or with
      variations. obs. --spenser.

   syn: to sever; dissever; sunder; cleave; disjoin; disunite;
        detach; disconnect; part; distribute; share.
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see also:
divided dividing device devise 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

divided \divid"ed\, a.
   1. parted; disunited; distributed.
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   2. bot. cut into distinct parts, by incisions which reach
      the midrib; -- said of a leaf.
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[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

divided
     adj 1: separated into parts or pieces; "opinions are divided" ant:
             united
     2: having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic
        moving in opposite directions; "a divided highway" syn: dual-lane
     3: distributed in portions often equal on the basis of a plan
        or purpose syn: divided up, shared, shared out
see also:
united dual-lane divided up shared shared out 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

38 moby thesaurus words for "divided":
   alienated, bifurcated, bisected, branched, branching, cleft,
   cloven, detached, dichotomous, dimidiate, disaffected,
   disarticulated, disconnected, disengaged, disjoined, disjoint,
   disjointed, disjunct, dislocated, dispersed, disunited, divorced,
   estranged, forked, forking, halved, irreconcilable, isolated,
   ramified, removed, riven, scattered, segregated, separated,
   sequestered, shut off, split, torn

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