7. (Logic)
Defn: To separate into species; — said of a genus or generic term.
8. (Mech.)
Defn: To mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a sextant.
9. (Music)
Defn: 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.
DIVIDE
Di*vide", v. i.
1. To be separated; to part; to open; to go asunder. Milton. The Indo-Germanic family divides into three groups. J. Peile.
2. To cause separation; to disunite. A gulf, a strait, the sea intervening between islands, divide less than the matted forest. Bancroft.