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Definition of Subdivide
1. Verb. Form into subdivisions. "The cells subdivided"
2. Verb. Divide into smaller and smaller pieces. "This apartment cannot be subdivided any further!"
Derivative terms: Subdivider, Subdivision
Definition of Subdivide
1. v. t. To divide the parts of (anything) into more parts; to part into smaller divisions; to divide again, as what has already been divided.
2. v. i. To be, or to become, subdivided.
Definition of Subdivide
1. Verb. (ambitransitive) To divide into smaller sections. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Subdivide
1. [v -VIDED, -VIDING, -VIDES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subdivide
Literary usage of Subdivide
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records by Charles William Manwaring (1904)
"And that also they do subdivide and distribute that third part of the sd.
estate appointed for the children that are now living of Capt. ..."
2. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock, Anna Botsford Comstock (1888)
"From these large tracheae there arise a great number of smaller ones, not shown
in the figures, which branch and subdivide, and extend to all parts of the ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Surveying and Boundaries by Frank Emerson Clark (1922)
"To subdivide quarter section lying along north and west boundaries of township.—The
quarter-quarter corners having been established in the manner provided ..."
4. The American Settler's Guide: A Popular Exposition of the Public Land System by Henry Norris Copp (1895)
"HOW TO subdivide SECTION'S. The course to be pursued in the subdivision of sections
is to run straight lines from the established quarter-section ..."
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