† subdividentn.
Obsolete. rare.
That which subdivides something; the criterion or basis for subdivision.
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divisorc1430
particular numbera1464
dividend1543
divident?a1560
subdivident1581
dividual1704
divider1797
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 198 All the people which be in our countrie be either gentlemen or of the commonalty. The common is deuided into marchauntes and manuaries [= artisans] generally, what partition soeuer is the subdiuident.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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