divide
verb (used with object)
to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
redivide
-
a word derived from
divide.
Example Sentences
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Unlike natural organic matter, most plastics do not break down into relatively benign substances; they simply divide and redivide into smaller and smaller particles of the same chemical composition.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 8, 2024
The stem cells would divide and redivide for months on end.
From Scientific American ● May 17, 2011
"We don't just redivide the pie, we enlarge it," argues Phil Zacheretti, a senior vice president at industry leader Regal Cinemas, a privately held behemoth with 4,000 screens.
From Time Magazine Archive
You have been cursed because a woman divided for you what was before God an indivisible right; and you, Diego, would now redivide that with another, whom you dare to say you LOVE!
From The Crusade of the Excelsior by Bret Harte
It would be infinitely easier to add representatives to or take them away from such electoral areas than it would be to redivide the boroughs and counties for the purpose of creating new constituencies.
From Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election by John H. Humphreys
