5. To vote, as in the British Parliament, by the members separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the ayes dividing from the noes.
The emperors sat, voted, and divided with their equals.
Gibbon.
Di*vide", n. A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two streams; a watershed.
Di*vid"ed, a. 1. Parted; disunited; distributed.
2. (Bot.) Cut into distinct parts, by incisions which reach the midrib; -- said of a leaf.
Di*vid"ed*ly, adv. Separately; in a divided manner.
Div"i*dend (?), n. [L. dividendum thing to be divided, neut. of the gerundive of dividere: cf. F. dividende.] 1. A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; -- applied to the profits as appropriated among shareholders, and to assets as apportioned among creditors; as, the dividend of a bank, a railway corporation, or a bankrupt estate.