DIVIDE

I. verb (~d; dividing) see: widow Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to separate into two or more parts, areas, or groups , to separate into classes, categories, or divisions , cleave , part , 2. to separate into portions and give out in shares ; distribute , to possess, enjoy, or make use of in common , apportion , 3. to cause to be separate, distinct, or apart from one another , to separate into opposing sides or parties , to cause (a parliamentary body) to vote by division, 4. to subject (a number or quantity) to the operation of finding how many times it contains another number or quantity , to be used as a divisor with respect to (a ~nd) , to use as a divisor, intransitive verb to perform mathematical division, 2. a. to undergo replication, multiplication, fission, or separation into parts, to branch out, to become separated or disunited especially in opinion or interest, see: separate dividable adjective II. noun Date: 1642 an act of dividing, 2. a dividing ridge between drainage areas, a point or line of division or disagreement