DIVESTURE
DIVESTITURE, DIVESTURE noun The act of stripping, putting off, or depriving.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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DIVIDABLE
DIVIDABLE, adjective [See Divide.]1. That may be divided.2. Separate; parted. [Not used nor proper.]
DIVIDE
DIVIDE, verb transitive [Latin, to part. See the latter words.]1. To part or separate an entire thing; to part a thing into two or more pieces.DIVIDE the living child in two. 1 ...
DIVIDED
DIVIDED, participle passive Parted; disunited; distributed.
DIVIDEDLY
DIVIDEDLY, adverb Separately.
DIVIDEND
DIVIDEND, noun1. A part or share; particularly, the share of the interest or profit of stock in trade or other employment, which belongs to each proprietor according to his prop...
DIVIDER
DIVIDER, noun1. He or that which divides; that which separates into parts.2. A distributor; one who deals out to each his share.Who made me a judge or divider over you. Luke 12:...
DIVIDING
DIVIDING, participle present tense1. Parting; separating; distributing; disuniting; apportioning to each his share.2.adjective That indicates separation or difference; as a divi...
DIVIDUAL
DIVIDUAL, adjective [Latin] Divided, shared or participated in common with others. [Little used.]
DIVINATION
DIVINATION, noun [Latin, to foretell. See Divine.]1. The act of divining; a foretelling future events, or discovering things secret or obscure, by the aid of superior beings, or...
DIVINATOR
DIVINATOR, noun One who pretends to divination.
DIVINATORY
DIVINATORY, adjective Professing divination.
DIVINE
DIVINE, adjective [Latin, a god.]1. Pertaining to the true God; as the divine nature; divine perfections.2. Pertaining to a heathen deity, or to false gods.3. Partaking of the n...
DIVINELY
DIVINELY, adverb1. In a divine or godlike manner; in a manner resembling deity.2. By the agency or influence of God; as a prophet divinely inspired; divinely taught.3. Excellent...
DIVINENESS
DIVINENESS, noun1. Divinity; participation of the divine nature; as the divineness of the scriptures. [Little used.]2. Excellence in the supreme degree.
DIVINER
DIVINER, noun1. One who professes divination; one who pretends to predict events, or to reveal occult things, by the aid of superior beings, or of supernatural means.These natio...
DIVINERESS
DIVINERESS, noun A female diviner; a woman professing divination.
DIVING
DIVING, participle present tense [See Dive.]1. Plunging or sinking into water or other liquid; applied to animals only.2. Going deep into a subject.
DIVING-BELL
DIVING-BELL, noun A hollow vessel in form of a truncated cone or pyramid, with the smaller base close, and the larger one open, in which a person may descend into deep water and...
DIVINITY
DIVINITY, noun [Latin]1. The state of being divine; Deity; Godhead; the nature or essence of God. Christians ascribe divinity to one Supreme Being only.2. God; the Deity; the Su...
DIVISIBILITY
DIVISIBILITY, noun [Latin See Divide.] The quality of being divisible; the property of bodies by which their parts or component particles are capable of separation.
DIVISIBLE
DIVISIBLE, adjective S as z. [Latin See Divide.] Capable of division; that may be separated or disunited; separable. Matter is divisible indefinitely.
DIVISIBLENESS
DIVISIBLENESS, noun Divisibility; capacity of being separated.
DIVISION
DIVISION, noun S as z. [Latin See Divide.]1. The act of dividing or separating into parts, any entire body.2. The state of being divided.3. That which divides or separates; that...
DIVISIONAL
DIVISIONAL, DIVISIONARY, adjective Pertaining to division; noting or making division; as a divisional line.
DIVISIONARY
DIVISIONAL, DIVISIONARY adjective Pertaining to division; noting or making division; as a divisional line.
DIVISIONER
DIVISIONER, noun One who divides. [Not used.]