divided
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di·vid·ed
(dĭ-vī'dĭd) 
adj.
dividedness di·vid'ed·ness n.
adj.
- Separated into parts or pieces.
- Being in a state of disagreement or disunity: a divided nation.
- Moved by conflicting interests, emotions, or activities: divided loyalties.
- Separated by distance: a child divided from her familiar surroundings.
- Having the lanes for opposing traffic separated: divided highways.
- Botany. Having indentations extending to the midrib or base and forming distinct lobes: divided leaves.
dividedness di·vid'ed·ness n.
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divided
IN BRIEF: adj. - Separated into parts or pieces.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
— Abraham Lincoln, Source: Lincoln's 'House-Divided' Speech in Springfield, Illinois, June 16, 1858.
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