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dī̆videntn.
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Entry Info
| Forms | dī̆vident n. |
| Etymology | L dīvident-em, ppl. of dīvidere. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Act of dividing, division; (b) that which serves as a barrier; (c) alch. a component to be separated; (d) law an indenture specifying the share owed to the king.
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a
- a1500 Add.Hymnal (Add 34193)477/7: Thow myghty lord..that hast in gouerance Tymes echone and makyst dyvydent Afftyr þi wyll.
- a1500 Add.Hymnal (Add 34193)485/16: By thy power so makyng diuident, Þat water may causen a temperence Of fyr substance aboue þe firmament To saue þe erth fro brennyng combust[a]nce.
b
- 1607(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hrl 2124)21/19: Now will I make the fyrmament..for to be a divident to twyne the waters.
c
- a1550 *Norton OAlch.(BodeMus 63)3004: A circle fire, for seperacions of diuidentes, we desire.
d
- a1325 Rwl.Statutes (Rwl B.520)1:105/14,17: Alse, for te maken prises in feiren ant in oþer gode tounes, ant in hauenes, for þe kinges warderobe, þat te nimares þerof habben ho*re commune warant mid te kinges grete seal..; ant of þinges so inomen..þat there be imad diuidende [F dividende] bituuene þe nimares ant te wardeins of þe feirene, þe meire..of þe toune ore of hauenes..; and that hoem ne be isoffred to nimen nammore þan is iset in þe diuidende; and that þat ilke diuidende be ibore to þe kinges warderobe vnder þe wardeins seal.
