It [culture] is after all a dainty and divisive quality, and can not reach to the depths of humanity.
J. C. Shairp.
-- Di*vi"sive*ly, adv. -- Di*vi"sive*ness, n. Carlyle.
Di*vi"sor (?), n. [L., fr. dividere. See Divide.] (Math.) The number by which the dividend is divided.
Common divisor. (Math.) See under Common, a.
Di*vorce" (?), n. [F. divorce, L. divortium, fr. divortere, divertere, to turn different ways, to separate. See Divert.] 1. (Law) (a) A legal dissolution of the marriage contract by a court or other body having competent authority. This is properly a divorce, and called, technically, divorce a vinculo matrimonii. "from the bond of matrimony." (b) The separation of a married woman from the bed and board of her husband -- divorce a mensa et toro (or thoro), "from bed and board."