v.
   - separate or be separated into parts. ▸
(usu. divide something between)
 separate into portions and share out. ▸form a boundary between. 
- disagree or cause to disagree.
- Mathematics  find how many times (a number) contains another:![]()  36 divided by 2 equals 18. ▸(of a number) be susceptible of division without a remainder. 
n.
  - an instance of dividing or being divided.
- chiefly US a ridge or line of high ground forming the division between two valleys or river systems.
Phrase
  
    
      - divide and rule 
(or conquer)
 maintain control over subordinates or opponents by encouraging dissent between them so that they do not unite in opposition.
 
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  ME: from L. divis-, dividere ‘force apart, remove’.