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To divide the parts of (anything) into more parts; to part into smaller divisions; to divide again, as what has already been divided. The progenies of Cham and Japhet swarmed into colonies, and those colonies were subdivided into many others. Dryden.

Not divided; not separated or disunited; unbroken; whole; continuous; as, plains undivided by rivers or mountains.

To deprive of necessary provision; to unfurnish. Lest her . . . beauty unprovide my mind again. Shak.

Improvident. [Obs.] "Who for thyself art so unprovident.' Shak.

A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or the like; a kind of cupboard, buffet, or sideboard. Abacus harmonicus (Mus.), an ancient diagram showing the structure and disposition of the keys of an instrument. Crabb.

Provided with an abatis.

A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.

presents two parts of the original substance. Abstract of title (Law), an epitome of the evidences of ownership.

homable. Abyssal zone (Phys. Geog.), one of the belts or zones into which Sir E. Forbes divides the bottom of the sea in describing its plants, animals, etc. It is the one furthest from the shore, embracing all beyond one hundred fathoms deep. Hence, abyssal animals, plants, etc.

on by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species). Thus, the owner of a cow becomes the owner of her calf.

ing the knights. Shak. It [the moon] is fully accomplished for all those ends to which Providence did appoint it. Wilkins. These qualities . . . go to accomplish a perfect woman. Cowden Clarke.

cludes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See Mollusca.

A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand. You can produce acquittances For such a sum, from special officers. Shak.

arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface. Simpson.

sive inflammation (Surg.), that kind of inflammation which terminates in the reunion of divided parts without suppuration. -- Adhesive plaster, a sticking; a plaster containing resin, wax, litharge, and olive oil.

Supplying help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory; as, adminicular evidence. H. Spencer.

The quality of being admissible; admissibleness; as, the admissibility of evidence.

A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence.

o take; as, they were into his house; to admit a serious thought into the mind; to admit evidence in the trial of a cause.

Supplemental; additional; adventitious; ascititious. "Adscititious evidence." Bowring. -- Ad`sci*ti"tious*ly, adv.