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Having the power to distinguish and discern; discriminating. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

, or that which, distinguishes or separates one thing from another by marks of diversity. Sir T. Browne.

Capable of being distributed. Sir W. Jones.

To refuse to worship; to treat as unworthy. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

Long duration; lastingness. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

An ambiguity of meaning; a disagreement of difference in opinion. Sir T. Browne.

To rend apart. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Fig.: One who goes deeply into a subject, study, or business. "A diver into causes." Sir H. Wotton.

Disagreement; difference. Related with some divergence by other writers. Sir G. C. Lewis.

onjectural presage; prediction. Birds which do give a happy divination of things to come. Sir T. North.

what is human. In this application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind. Sir J. Davies. "The divine Desdemona." Shak. A divine sentence is in the lips of the king. Prov. xvi. 10. But not to one in this benighted age Is that diviner inspiration given. Gray.

eir parts are capable of separation. Divisibility . . . is a primary attribute of matter. Sir W. Hamilton.

Capable of being divided or separated. Extended substance . . . is divisible into parts. Sir W. Hamilton. Divisible contract (Law), a contract containing agreements one of which can be separated from the other. -- Divisible offense (Law), an offense containing a lesser offense in one of a greater grade, so that on the…

e vertigo to; to confuse. If the jangling of thy bells had not dizzied thy understanding. Sir W. Scott.

often used in emphatic construction. "You don't say so, Mr. Jobson. -- but I do say so." Sir W. Scott. "I did love him, but scorn him now." Latham. (c) In negative and interrogative constructions, do and did are in common use. I do not wish to see them; what do you think Did Cæsar cross the Tiber He did not. "Do you l…

Of the nature of, or constituting, doctrine. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

A matter of doctrine; also, a system of doctrines. T. Goodwin. Sir T. Elyot.

ruction or warning. [Obs.] They were forth with stoned to death, as a document to others. Sir W. Raleigh.

nd Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius).

canicular days; -- so called in reference to the rising in ancient times of the Dog Star (Sirius) with the sun. Popularly, the sultry, close part of the summer.