DIVISIVE
DIVISIVE, adjective1. Forming division or distribution.2. Creating division or discord.
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DIVISOR
DIVISOR, noun In arithmetic, the number by which the dividend is divided.
DIVORCE
DIVORCE, noun [Latin See Divert.]1. A legal dissolution of the bonds of matrimony, or the separation of husband and wife by a judicial sentence. This is properly called a divorc...
DIVORCED
DIVORCED, participle passive Separated by a dissolution of the marriage contract; separated from bed and board; parted; forced asunder.
DIVORCEMENT
DIVORCEMENT, noun Divorce; dissolution of the marriage tie.Let him write her a bill of divorcement Deuteronomy 24:1.
DIVORCER
DIVORCER, noun1. The person or cause that produces divorce.2. One of a sect called divorcers, said to have sprung from Milton.
DIVORCING
DIVORCING, participle present tense Dissolving the marriage contract; separating from bed and board; disuniting.
DIVORCIVE
DIVORCIVE, adjective Having power to divorce.
DIVULGATE
DIVULGATE, adjective Published. [Little used.]
DIVULGATION
DIVULGATION, noun The act of divulging or publishing.
DIVULGE
DIVULGE, verb transitive divulj. [Latin, to make public; the common people; people.]1. To make public; to tell or make known something before private or secret; to reveal; to di...
DIVULGED
DIVULGED, participle passive Made public; revealed; disclosed; published.
DIVULGER
DIVULGER, noun One who divulges or reveals.
DIVULGING
DIVULGING, participle present tense Disclosing; publishing; revealing.
DIVULSION
DIVULSION, noun [Latin, to pull.] The act of pulling or plucking away; a rending asunder.And dire divulsions shook the changing world.
DIVULSIVE
DIVULSIVE, adjective That pulls asunder; that rends.
DIZEN
DIZEN, verb transitive dizn. To dress gayly; to deck.This word is not esteemed elegant, and is nearly obsolete. Its compound bedizen is used in burlesque.
DIZZ
DIZZ, verb transitive [See Dizzy.] To astonish; to puzzle; to make dizzy. [Not used.]
DIZZARD
DIZZARD, noun [See Dizzy.] A blockhead. [Not used.]
DIZZINESS
DIZZINESS, noun [See Dizzy.] Giddiness; a whirling in the head; vertigo.
DIZZY
DIZZY, adjective [G., dizziness; dizzy]1. Giddy; having a sensation of whirling in the head, with instability or proneness to fall; vertiginous.2. Causing giddiness; as a dizzy ...
DO
DO, verb transitive or auxiliary; preterit tense Did; participle passive Done, pronounced dun. This verb, when transitive, is formed in the indicative, present tense, thus, I do...
DOAT
DOAT. [See Dote.]
DOCIBILITY
DOCIBILITY, DOCIBLENESS, noun Teachableness; docility; readiness to learn.
DOCIBLE
DOCIBLE, adjective [See Docile.] Teachable; docile; tractable; easily taught or managed.
DOCIBLENESS
DOCIBILITY, DOCIBLENESS noun Teachableness; docility; readiness to learn.
DOCILE
DOCILE, adjective [Latin, to teach. See Teach.] Teachable; easily instructed; ready to learn; tractable; easily managed. Some children are far more docile than others. Dogs are ...