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To form or divide into syllables; to syllabify.

To form or divide into syllables.

One who forms or divides words into syllables, or is skilled in doing this.

rm and arrangement; orderly and similar distribution of parts, such that an animal may be divided into parts which are structurally symmetrical.

The divided part beyond the pylangium in the aortic trunk of the amphibian heart. -- Syn*an"gi*al, a.

and naval forces in order for battle, and performing military and naval evolutions. It is divided into grand tactics, or the tactics of battles, and elementary tactics, or the tactics of instruction.

To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] In the time of famine he is the Joseph of the country, and keeps the poor from starving. Then he tameth his stacks of corn, which not his covetousness, but providence, hath reserved for time of need. Fuller.…

Any plant of the composite genus Tanacetum. The common tansy (T. vulgare) has finely divided leaves, a strong aromatic odor, and a very bitter taste. It is used for medicinal and culinary purposes.

Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions.

. Tenement house, commonly, a dwelling house erected for the purpose of being rented, and divided into separate apartments or tenements for families. The term is often applied to apartment houses occupied by poor families.

Constituting or being one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.

us period during which instruction is regularly given to students; as, the school year is divided into three terms.

Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day. Third estate. (a) In England, the commons, or the commonalty, who are represented in Parliament by the House of Commons. (b) In France, the tiers état. See Tiers état. Third order (R. C. Ch.), an order attached t…

Constituting or being one of thirteen equal parts into which anything is divided.

Constituting or being one of thirty equal parts into which anything is divided.

Being one of thirty-two equal parts into which anything is divided. Thirty-second note (Mus.), the thirty-second part of a whole note; a demi-semiquaver.

Constituting, or being one of, a thousand equal parts into which anything is divided; the tenth of a hundredth.

Having three lobes. Three-lobed leaf (Bot.), a leaf divided into three parts, the sinuses extending not more than half way to the middle, and either the parts of the sinuses being rounded.

Divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite. Three- parted leaf (Bot.), a leaf divided into three parts down to the base, but not entirely separate.

Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; -- said of an escutcheon.