v. (usu. Foll. By of) 1 unclothe; strip.

- deprive, rid. [latin: related to *vest]

—v. (-ding) 1 (often foll. By in, into) separate into parts; break up; split.

- (often foll. By out) distribute; deal; share.

- a separate (one thing) from another. B classify into parts or groups.

- cause to disagree.

- a find how many times (a number) contains or is contained in another (divide 20 by 4; divide 4 into 20). B (of a number) be contained in (a number) without remainder (4 divides into 20).

- parl. Vote (by members entering either of two lobbies) (the house divided). —n. - dividing line.

- watershed. [latin divido -vis-]

—adj. (diviner, divinest) 1 a of, from, or like god or a god. B sacred.

- colloq. Excellent; delightful. —v. (-ning) 1 discover by intuition or guessing.

- foresee.

- practise divination. —n. Theologian or clergyman. divinely adv. [latin divinus]

n. Hindu and jainist festival with illuminations, held between september and november. [sanskrit dipa lamp]

n. Lowest layer of the ionosphere. [d arbitrary]

contr. Does not.

n. Slang cigarette-end.

adj. Tenacious; grimly persistent. doggedly adv. Doggedness n.

n. Chief monetary unit in the us, australia, etc. [low german daler from german taler]

—n. Shapeless lump of food etc. —v. (-p-) (usu. Foll. By out) serve in dollops. [perhaps from scandinavian]