Part 3353

<cs><col><?/ase divinity</col>, <cd>casuistry.</cd></cs>

<h1>Divinization</h1> <Xpage=439>

<hw>Div`i*ni*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A making divine.</def>

<i>M. Arnold.</i>

<h1>Divinize</h1> <Xpage=439>

<hw>Div"i*nize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To invest with a divine character; to deify.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>M. Arnold.</i>

<blockquote>Man had <b>divinized</b> all those objects of awe. <i>Milman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Divisibility</h1> <Xpage=439>

<hw>Di*vis`i*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>divisibilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being divisible; the property of bodies by which their parts are capable of separation.</def>

<blockquote><b>Divisibility</b> . . . is a primary attribute of matter. <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Divisible</h1> <Xpage=439>

<hw>Di*vis"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>divisibilis</ets>, fr. <ets>dividere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>divisible</ets>. See <er>Divide</er>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being divided or separated.</def>

<blockquote>Extended substance . . . is <b>divisible</b> into parts. <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Divisible contract</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>a contract containing agreements one of which can be separated from the other.</cd> -- <col>Divisible offense</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>an offense containing a lesser offense in one of a greater grade, so that on the latter there can be an acquittal, while on the former there can be a conviction.</cd></cs>

-- <wordforms><wf>Di*vis"i*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>Di*vis"i*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Divisible</h1> <Xpage=439>

<hw>Di*vis"i*ble</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A divisible substance.</def>

<i>Glanvill.</i>

<h1>Division</h1> <Xpage=439>

<hw>Di*vi"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>division</ets>, L. <ets>divisio</ets>, from <ets>dividere</ets>. See <er>Divide</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.</def>

<blockquote>I was overlooked in the <b>division</b> of the spoil. <i>Gibbon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which divides or keeps apart; a partition.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The portion separated by the divining of a mass or body; a distinct segment or section.</def>

<blockquote>Communities and <b>divisions</b> of men. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Disunion; difference in opinion or feeling; discord; variance; alienation.</def>

<blockquote>There was a <b>division</b> among the people. <i>John vii. 43.</i></blockquote>