Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Divide \Di*vide"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Divided}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Dividing}.] [L. dividere, divisum; di- = dis- + root
   signifying to part; cf. Skr. vyadh to pierce; perh. akin to
   L. vidua widow, and E. widow. Cf. {Device}, {Devise}.]
   1. To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts
      or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.

            Divide the living child in two.       --1 Kings iii.
                                                  25.

   2. To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition, or
      by an imaginary line or limit; as, a wall divides two
      houses; a stream divides the towns.

            Let it divide the waters from the waters. --Gen. i.
                                                  6.

   3. To make partition of among a number; to apportion, as
      profits of stock among proprietors; to give in shares; to
      distribute; to mete out; to share.

            True justice unto people to divide.   --Spenser.

            Ye shall divide the land by lot.      --Num. xxxiii.
                                                  54.

   4. To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or
      hostile; to set at variance.

            If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom
            can not stand.                        --Mark iii.
                                                  24.

            Every family became now divided within itself.
                                                  --Prescott.

   5. To separate into two parts, in order to ascertain the
      votes for and against a measure; as, to divide a
      legislative house upon a question.

   6. (Math.) To subject to arithmetical division.

   7. (Logic) To separate into species; -- said of a genus or
      generic term.

   8. (Mech.) To mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a
      sextant.

   9. (Music) To play or sing in a florid style, or with
      variations. [Obs.] --Spenser.

   Syn: To sever; dissever; sunder; cleave; disjoin; disunite;
        detach; disconnect; part; distribute; share.

Divided \Di*vid"ed\, a.
   1. Parted; disunited; distributed.

   2. (Bot.) Cut into distinct parts, by incisions which reach
      the midrib; -- said of a leaf.

Source : WordNet®

divided
     adj 1: separated into parts or pieces; "opinions are divided" [ant:
             {united}]
     2: having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic
        moving in opposite directions; "a divided highway" [syn: {dual-lane}]
     3: distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan
        or purpose [syn: {divided up}, {shared}, {shared out}]