Category:Subdivide

Sub`di*vide", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subdivided; p. pr. & vb. n. Subdividing.] Etym: [l. subdividere, sub under + dividere to divide. See divide.]

Defn: to divide the parts of (anything) into more parts; to part into Smaller divisions; to divide again, as what has already been divided. The progenies of cham and japhet swarmed into colonies, and those Colonies were subdivided into many others. Dryden.

Subdivide Sub`di*vide", v. i.

Defn: to be, or to become, subdivided.