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Definition of Misdivision
1. n. Wrong division.
Definition of Misdivision
1. Noun. Wrong division. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misdivision
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Misdivision
1. Wrong division. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misdivision
Literary usage of Misdivision
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Panchatantra: A Collection of Ancient Hindu Tales in the Recension by Pūrṇabhadrasūri, Johannes Hertel (1908)
"Be that as it may, the Hindu taste is for us no cogent argument against word-division.
Results of misdivision in spoken English, &c. ..."
2. The English Language by Robert Gordon Latham (1855)
"The misdivision of syllables has, in the English, and in other languages, given
rise to a peculiar class of words. There have been those who have written a ..."
3. The Panchatantra: A Collection of Ancient Hindu Tales in the Recension by Pūrṇabhadrasūri, Johannes Hertel (1908)
"Be that as it may, the Hindu taste is for us no cogent argument against word-division.
Results of misdivision in spoken English, &c. ..."
4. Historical Outlines of English Accidence, Comprising Chapters on the History by Richard Morris (1899)
"E. there are several remnants of this misdivision :— A newt = Middle E. an ewt
... In consequence of misdivision the th was dropped, when the second part of ..."
5. A Sanskrit Reader: With Vocabulary and Notes by Charles Rockwell Lanman (1912)
"The joining of this stanza to hymn 66 is a simple misdivision of which the NT.
shows ... A convene misdivision is at Av vi.63-64 as compared with RV. x.191. ..."
6. Contributions to the Study of Elliptical Words in Modern English by Karl Sundén (1904)
"... act of the mind of the speaker, it is a misdivision of the elements of a
phrase; an erroneous analysis of the constituent parts of a separable phrase; ..."
7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"6, of the gold or silver setting of jewels. The word is an example of the
misdivision of a substantive and the indefinite article, being properly ..."
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