divided
separated or split into pieces
Adjective
- separated or split into pieces
- having conflicting opinions, interests or emotions
- divided opinions
- disunited
- divided nation
- separated into lanes, that move in opposite directions, by a median
Origin
From Middle English divided, devided, devidid, past participle of Middle English dividen (“to divide”), equivalent to divide + -ed.
Forms
Antonyms
Derived
a house divided against itself cannot stand divided highway dividedly dividedness divided skirt house divided individed nondivided semidivided
Verb
- simple past and past participle of divide
Origin
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.