DIVIDUAL
Di*vid"u*al, a. Etym: [See Dividuous.]
Defn: Divided, shared, or participated in, in common with others.
[R.] Milton.
DIVIDUALLY
Di*vid"u*al*ly, adv.
Defn: By dividing. [R.]
DIVIDUOUS Di*vid"u*ous, a. Etym: [L. dividuus divisible, divided, fr. dividere.]
Defn: Divided; dividual. [R.] He so often substantiates distinctions into dividuous, selfsubsistent. Coleridge.
DIVINATION Div`i*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. divinatio, fr. divinare, divinatum, to foresee, foretell, fr. divinus: cf. F. divination. See Divine.]
1. The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means. There shall not be found among you any one that . . . useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter. Deut. xviii. 10.
Note: Among the ancient heathen philosophers natural divination was supposed to be effected by a divine afflatus; artificial divination by certain rites, omens, or appearances, as the flight of birds, entrails of animals, etc.
2. An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen; conjectural presage; prediction. Birds which do give a happy divination of things to come. Sir T. North.