different between divided vs partible

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From divide.

Verb

divided

1. simple past tense and past participle of divide

Etymology 2

From Middle English divided, devided, devidid, past participle of Middle English dividen (“to divide”), equivalent to divide +? -ed.

Adjective

divided (comparative more divided, superlative most divided)

1. separated or split into pieces
2. having conflicting opinions, interests or emotions
3. disunited
4. (US) (of a road) separated into lanes, that move in opposite directions, by a median

Antonyms

• undivided
• combined
• unified

Translations

Anagrams

• viddied

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin partibilis, from Latin parti? (“to share, divide”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??t?bl?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p??t?bl?/

Adjective

partible (not comparable)

1. Divisible, able to be divided or partitioned. [from 14th c.]
   • 1683, Richard Baxter, Dying Thoughts

     If souls be not unible, nor partible substances, there is no place for this doubt: if they be, they will be still what they are, notwithstanding any such union with a common soul.

2. Pertaining to property that can be divided between heirs on inheritance, or to an inheritance system based on such division. [from 16th c.]
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 562:

     Following the introduction of partible inheritance in 1793, peasants reacted by using systematic birth control for the first time so as to restrict the number of heirs among whom their property would have to be divided – causing a sharp and enduring drop in France's birth-rate.

See also

• gavelkind

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa?.tibl/

Adjective

partible (plural partibles)

1. partible
2. (botany, obsolete) Susceptible of spontaneous divisions

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