DIMIDIATE

a. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Divided into two equal parts; reduced to half in shape or form.

2.
a.

Consisting of only one half of what the normal condition requires; having the appearance of lacking one half; as, a dimidiate leaf, which has only one side developed.

3.
a.

Having the organs of one side, or half, different in function from the corresponding organs on the other side; as, dimidiate hermaphroditism.

4.
v.

To divide into two equal parts. [Obs.] Cockeram.

5.
v.

To represent the half of; to halve.

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