divided

divided
adjective Date: 14th century 1. a. separated into parts or pieces b. of a leaf cut into distinct parts by incisions extending to the base or to the midrib c. having a barrier (as a guardrail) to separate lanes of traffic going in opposite directions <
a divided highway
>
2. a. disagreeing with each other ; disunited b. directed or moved toward conflicting interests, states, or objects <
divided loyalties
>
3. separated by distance <
familiar objects from which she had never dreamed of being divided — James Joyce
>
dividedly adverbdividedness noun

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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