dividual
Americanadjective
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divisible or divided.
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separate; distinct.
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distributed; shared.
Other Word Forms
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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The aim has been to give in dividual schools, and sometimes citizens' advisory boards, a more forceful voice at central headquarters while avoiding a bottleneck of minor decision-making at the top.
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
At a Chicago convention, the American Petroleum Institute earmarked $1,800,000 for research on purer air and water next year, on top of $41 million that in dividual oil firms will spend to control pollution.
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
She began to moan, and sigh deep sighs, then murmur as holding colloquy with a dividual self: her queendom was no longer whole; it was divided against itself.
From Lilith, a romance by MacDonald, George
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