dividual
Americanadjective
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divisible or divided.
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separate; distinct.
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distributed; shared.
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Etymology
Origin of dividual
First recorded in 1590–1600; from Latin dīvidu(us) “divided, divisible,” equivalent to dīvid(ere) “to divide, separate” + -uus adjective suffix; see divide, -al 1
Example Sentences
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Ardent in dividual abolitionists have ranged from the late Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter to Jack R. Johnson, tough warden of Chicago's Cook County Jail, who says, "The death penalty isn't punishment � it's revenge."
From Time Magazine Archive
Partly the difficulty lies in trying to extrapolate a general statement of American performance in Viet Nam from the in dividual American stories that Cimino presents.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is my duty to extend to every in dividual the constitutional right to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mason has an unwavering bead on the relationship between instincts and in dividual longings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Amongst innumerable stars, that shone Stars distant, but nigh hand seemed other worlds.—iii. 564-65. her reign With thousand lesser lights dividual holds, With thousand thousand stars, that then appeared Spangling the hemisphere.—vii. 381-84.
From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Orchard, Thomas Nathaniel
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