divinistert

[ME. dyvynistre; Therfore I stynte, I nam no dyvynistre. Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 1953. divinity (di-vin'i-ti), n.; pl. divinities (-tiz). [ divinite , devynite, devinite , divini te , F. divinité = Pr. div in it at = Sp. divinidad = IMG:content-2935.png:[blocks in formation] Man is... the animal transfigured and divinized by the Spirit. Alcott, Tablets, p. 181. In pagan Rome, Vice was not regarded as heinous, because the Deities whom Rome worshipped were vicious, and thus Vices themselves were divinized. Bp. Chr. Words worth, Church of Ireland, p. 168. diviset, a. [L. divis us , pp. of dividere , divide: see divide . Cf. devise, v.] Divided; loose; crumbling. Thai [oranges] loveth lande that rare is and divise . Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 119. divis i (dē-vēzē). [It., pl. of divi so , divi sus, pp. of dividere , divide.] In music, separate: a direction that instruments playing from a single staff of music are to separate, one playing the upper and the other the lower notes. divisibility (di-viz-i-bil'i-ti), n. [= F. divis i bilité Sp. divisibilidad = Pg. divisibilidade = It. divisibilità , divisibilita (t-)s, visibilis , divisible: see divisible.] 1. The capacity of being divided or separated into parts. Pg. divindade = It. divinità, divinitade, divini --2. In arith., the capacity of being exactly IMG:content-2936.png:[blocks in formation] There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will. Shak., Hamlet, v. 2. Prudence was the only Divinity which he worshipped, and the po e ion of virtue the only end which he proposed. Dryden, Character of Polybius. 4. That which is divine in character or quality; a divine attribute; supernatural power or virtue. They say there is divinity in odd numbers. Shak., M. W. of W., v. 1. There's such divinity doth hedge a king, That treason can but peep to what it would, Acts little of his will. Shak., Hamlet, iv. 5. There is more divinity In beauty than in majesty. Ford , Broken Heart, iv. 1. When the Church without temporal support is able to doe her great works upon the unforc't obedience of men, it argues a divinity about her. Milton , Church-Government, ii. 3. IMG:content-2937.png:[blocks in formation] The geometricians (you know) teach the divisibility of quantity in infinitum , or without stop, to be mathematically demonstrable. Boyle, Things above Reason. I said at first that infinite divisibility of matter was the doctrine now in vogue amongst the learned, but upon second thoughts I believe I have misrepresented them, and the mistake arose from want of distinguishing between infinite and indefinite divisibility . A. Tucker , Light of Nature, III. iii. § 12. divisible (di-viz'i-bl), a . and n. [F. divisible = Sp. divisible = Pg. divisivel = It. divis i bile , divisibilis , divisible, dividere , pp. divi sus, divide: see divide.] I. a. 1. Capable of division; that may be separated or disunited; consisting of separable parts or elements: as, a line is divisible into an infinite number of points. The outermost layer of the body is a dense chitinous cuticula, usually divisible into several layers. Huxley, Anat. Invert., p. 546. 2. In arith . , capable of division without remainder: as, 100 is divisible by 10. II. n. That which is susceptible of division. The composition of bodies, whether it be of divisibles or indivisibles, is a question which must be rank'd with the indi olvables. Glanville, Vanity of Dogmatizing, v. divisiblene (di-viz'i-bl-nes), n. Divisibility; capability of being divided. The divisiblene of nitre into fixed and volatile parts. Boyle, Works, I. 376. IMG:content-2938.jpg:[graphic] 5. The science of divine things; the science which treats of the character of God, his laws and moral government, the duties of man, and divisibly (di-viz'i-bli), adv. In a divisible the way of salvation; theology: as, a system of divinity; a doctor of divinity. IMG:content-2939.png:[blocks in formation] Besides body, which is impenetrably and divisibly extended, there is in nature another substance which doth not consist of parts separable from one another. Čudworth , Intellectual System, p. 834.