divide
verb (used with object)
to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
am dividing
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present progressiveof divide (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I have a class of seven boys, among whom I am dividing the year's subscription of Young People.
From Harper's Young People, March 2, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
For one thing I have my "Topical Quotations" to prepare, and am "dividing my swift mind" between the Georgics of Virgil and Wordsworth's "Intimations of Immortality" for a suitable selection.
From Mr. Punch's Country Life by J. A. (John Alexander) Hammerton
They almost alarm me when I am dividing violas, and trifling with alpines.
From Mary's Meadow And Other Tales of Fields and Flowers by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
They almost alarm me when I am dividing violas, and trifling with Alpines.
From Last Words A Final Collection of Stories by Hermann Dudley Murphy
