Divinity

[Fr. divinite; Lat. div in it as, from di vin us, divine. See DEITY.] The state of being divine; deity; godhead; nature or e ence of the Creator. "They feel divinity within them." - Mitton. _God; the Supreme Being; the Deity. "'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us...."-Add is on. found at the bottom of the sea, such as pearls, coral, -A false god: a pretended Pagan deity. - A celestial sponges, ., the treasure which is so frequently carried down in wrecked ve els makes it an object of imp or- tance to be able to descend to the bottom, and remain there long enough to execute the operations nece ary to recover it. But without the a istance of some me- chanical apparatus, even the most practised divers can being inferior to God, but superior to man; as, "subservient divinities ." (Cheyne.) - The science of divine things: THEOLOGY, q . v. Supernatural attribute, power, "There is divinity in odd numbers." - Shaks. or virtue. Divest'ible, a. That may be divested. Divestiture, n. Act of divesting or causing a deprilongest time that a diver, in general, can remain under vation of anything; as, divestiture of civic rights; posed to investiture. Divestment, n. Divestiture. Divid'able, a . Susceptible of being divided. Divide', v. a. [Lat. divi do ; Fr. diviser.] To part asunder; to separate: to part or separate as an entire thing; to part, as a thing, into two or more pieces; to sever; to cleave; as, to divide a loaf of bread. To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a boundary or partition; to interpose a barrier between; as, oceans divide continents. - To distribute; to share; to allot; to deal out; to apportion: to give in parts or shares; as, to divide the profits of a speculation. -To disunite in opinion, feeling, or interest; to separate by discord; to become opposite or hostile; as, a divided household. - To separate into two parts, for determining the votes given for or against a measure; as, the senate divided on the motion. г. п. To part; to sunder; to become separate. - To break friendship. - To expre contrary opinions; to vote by the division of a legislative a embly into two sections, on a motion before the house. "The emperors voted... and divided with their equals."-Gibbon. Divide', n. A water-shed. Divid'ed, p.4 . Parted; separated; allotted; disunited. ( Bot .) Applied to leaves, cut into distinct portions when the segments reach the mid-rib or the leaf-stalk. Divid'edly, adv . Separately; dis unitedly. Div'idend, n. [Fr. dividende ; Lat. dividendum .] ( Arith .) A number which is to be divided into equal parts. (Com., dc.) A part or share; particularly, the share of the interest or profit of stock in trade or other investment, which belongs to each proprietor according to his pro râta proportion of the stock or capital; as, a bank - dividend . ( Law .) A part or share divided among creditors out of the estate of a bankrupt.