DICHOTOMIZE

v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To cut into two parts; to part into two divisions; to divide into pairs; to bisect. [R.] The apostolical benediction dichotomizes all good things into grace and peace. Bp. Hall.

2.
v.

To exhibit as a half disk. See Dichotomy,

3.
v.

"[The moon] was dichotomized." Whewell.

4.
v.

To separate into two parts; to branch dichotomously; to become dichotomous.