Part 3346

<blockquote>The tendency of the language to <b>divest</b> itself of its gutturals. <i>Earle.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>See <er>Devest</er>.</def>

<i>Mozley & W.</i>

<h1>Divestible</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Di*vest"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being divested.</def>

<h1>Divestiture</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Di*vest"i*ture</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc.</def>

<h1>Divestment</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Di*vest"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of divesting.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Divesture</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Di*ves"ture</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Divestiture.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Divet</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Div"et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Divot</er>.</def>

<h1>Dividable</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Di*vid"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Divide</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Capable of being divided; divisible.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Divided; separated; parted.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Dividant</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Di*vid"ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Different; distinct.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Divide</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Di*vide"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Divided</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dividing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>dividere</ets>, <ets>divisum</ets>; <ets>di- = dis-</ets> + root signifying <ets>to part</ets>; cf. Skr. <ets>vyadh</ets> to pierce; perh. akin to L. <ets>vidua</ets> widow, and E. <ets>widow</ets>. Cf. <er>Device</er>, <er>Devise</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.</def>

<blockquote><b>Divide</b> the living child in two. <i>1 Kings iii. 25.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition, or by an imaginary line or limit; <as>as, a wall <ex>divides</ex> two houses; a stream <ex>divides</ex> the towns.</as></def>

<blockquote>Let it <b>divide</b> the waters from the waters. <i>Gen. i. 6.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>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.</def>