n. 25B6; verb
he divided his kingdom into four : SPLIT (UP), cut up, carve up; dissect, bisect, halve, quarter; poetic/literary sunder.
a curtain divided her cabin from the galley : SEPARATE, segregate, partition, screen off, section off, split off.
the stairs divide at the mezzanine : DIVERGE, separate, part, branch (off), fork, split (in two), bifurcate.
Jack divided up the cash : SHARE OUT, allocate, allot, apportion, portion out, ration out, parcel out, deal out, dole out, dish out, distribute, dispense; informal divvy up.
he aimed to divide his opponents : DISUNITE, drive apart, break up, split up, set at variance/odds; separate, isolate, estrange, alienate; poetic/literary tear asunder.
living things are divided into three categories : CLASSIFY, sort (out), categorize, order, group, grade, rank.
schizo-.
unify, join, converge.
25B6; noun the sectarian divide : BREACH, gulf, gap, split; borderline, boundary, dividing line.