divided

separated or split into pieces

Adjective

  1. separated or split into pieces
  2. having conflicting opinions, interests or emotions
    • divided opinions
  3. disunited
    • divided nation
  4. 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

more divided most divided

Antonyms

undivided combined unified

Derived

a house divided against itself cannot stand divided highway dividedly dividedness divided skirt house divided individed nondivided semidivided

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of divide

Origin

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.