dividivi (dividivi)

1. The native and IMG:content-2931.png:[blocks in formation] divinene II. n. [ dev in , a soothsayer, theologian, F. dev in , a soothsayer (cf. Sp. adi vino = Pg. adevinho , a soothsayer), = It. divi no , a soothsayer, theologian, divinus , a soothsayer, augur, ML. a theologian, divinus , adj.: see I. The last sense, 'divinity, is directly from the adj.] 1. A man skilled in divinity; a theologian: as, a great divine ; "the Revelation of St. John the Divine." 3. In anc. Rom . law : ( a ) A transaction in a criminal suit, in which one of several accu- sers of one and the same person was chosen as the chief prosecutor in the case, the others joining in it only as subscribers. (b) The speech or oration asking authority to fill such a rôle. =Syn. 1. Prognostication , etc. See prediction . divinator (div'i-na-tor), n. [F. div in at eur = Pr. devinador = It. div in a tore (cf. OF. adi- vineur = Sp. a div in a dor = Pg. a dev in had or ), divinator , div in are , pp. div in at us , di- 2. A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergy- vine: see divine, v.] One who practises divina tion. In the leading paper of Cambridge, Ma ., published within a stone's throw of the university, a profe ed divi nat or has kept for years a large, busine -like, and soberly worded advertisement of his services. Science, IV. 559. its pods. The pods, which are about 2 inches long by inch broad, and curled in a remarkable manner, are exceedingly astringent, containing a large proportion of tannic and gallic acid, and are for this rea- Pods of Divi-divi (Casalpinia coriaria). son much used by tan ners and dyers. The plant is a native of tropical America. 2. A name given to the similar pods of C. tinc toria, which are used in Lima for making ink. [L. dividuus , dividual (di-vid'u-al), a. and n. divisible (see dividuous ), + -al. Cf. individual.] I. a. Divided; participated in; shared in common with others. [Obsolete or rare.] True love 'tween maid and maid may be More than in sex dividual . Fletcher (and another ), Two Noble Kinsmen, i. 3. A man may say his religion is now no more within him- self, but is becom a dividuall movable. Milton , Areopagitica, p. 39. Her reign With you sand le er lights dividual holds. Milton , P. L., vii. 382. But inasmuch as we can only anatomise the dead, and as nature certainly is not dead and dividual but living and unity, we perforce sacrifice or lose much by these enforced divisions. Maudsley, Body and Will, p. 283. II. n. In arith . and alg ., one of the several parts of a dividend from which each separate figure or term of the quotient is found. dividuallyt (di-vid'u-al-i), adv . In a dividual manner. Imp . Dict .