divisional

[Eng. division; -al.] *1. Pertaining to division or separation; dividing; forming or noting division: as, a divisional line. 2. Pertaining to a distinct division, branch, or district: as, a divisional court. †di-vi-şion-ar-y, a. [Fr. divisionnaire .] The same as DIVISIONAL (q. v.). *di-vi-şion-āte, v . t . [Eng. division ; -ate .] To divide. "You must division ate your point."-Sidney: Wanstead Play , p. 622. *di-vi-şion-er, s . [English division ; -er .] One who makes division or distribution; a sharer; a distributer. "The divis i oner , which was Freeman the Ignatian, and the other priests, thought that I knew nothing of the grand present." - Sheldon: Miracles of Antichrist (1616), p. 181. di-viş-it, *di-uiş-it, pa. par. [DEVISE, v.] 1. Appointed. "The lord is diuisit on the secrete counsale with the quenis grace, to directe all mater is." -Acts James V.. 1524 (ed. 1814), p. 285. 2. The same as DEVISED (q. v.). "And that honest writing is in this mater be diuisit and send [sent] to the king of France and the said duse." Acts James V. , 1524 (ed. 1814), p. 286. di-viş-ive, a. [Lat. divis (us), pa. par. of divi do to divide, and Eng. adj. suff. -ive; Ital. & Span. divisivo.] 1. Lit .: Forming or noting division or distribution; distributive. "The Hebrews want those numbers which the grammarians call distributive or divisive , tern i, quaterni, quin i, sen i, septini, ., which they mostwhat supply by repetition." Mede: On Dan., p. 12. 2. Fig .: Causing or tending to cause division, difference, or discord. "The remonstrance was condemned as divisive, factious, and scandalous."- Burnet : History of his Own Time. di-viş-ive-lý, adv . [Eng. divisive ; -ly.] So as to cause division, separation, or difference. di-viş-ive-ne , s. [Eng. divisive; -ne .] A tendency to division or separation. "So invincible is man's tendency to unite, with all the invincible divisivene he has."-Carlyle: French Revolu tion , pt. iii., bk. iii., ch. i.