divisor 
a remainder. CyclotomlC divisor, n divisor of a cyclo- 
tomlc function. -Divisor Of a form, in arith., a whole 
number which exactly divides some number of the given 
form. Intrinsic (opposed to extrinsic) divisor, n <-y- 
rlnt"Uii'- itivisur which at the >;Une time divides tllf ill'lrv 
of the eonm-ueni-e. Method of divisors, a method lor 
flmliiiK the commensurable roots of an equation by first 
rendering them integral and then searching for them 
among the factors of the absolute term. Theory Of 
divisors, that part of the theory of numbers which relates 
to the divisibility of numbers, embracing the greater part 
of the subject. 
divisural (di-viz'u-ral), a. [< "divisure (< L. 
divisiirit, a division, "<. dividere, pp. diristis, di- 
vide) + -al.] Divisional: in hot., applied to 
the median lino of the teeth of mosses, along 
which splitting occurs. 
divorce (di-vors'), n. [< ME. dicorse, devorse, 
< OF. divorce, F. divorce = Pr. divorsi = Sp. Pg. 
divorcio = It. divorzio, < L. divortium, a sepa- 
ration, divorce, < divortere, divertere, separate : 
see divert.] 1. A legal dissolution of the bond 
of marriage. In iU strictest application the term 
means a judicial decree or legislative act absolutely ter- 
minating or nullifying a marriage, more specifically called 
divorce avinculo matriwonii. It is often used, however, 
to signify a judicial separation, or termination of cohabi- 
tation, more specifically called a limited divorce, or a di- 
vorce a mensa et thoro (from bed and board) ; and it is 
sometimes also used more broadly still of a judicial decree 
that a supposed marriage never had a valid existence, as 
in case of fraud or incapacity. 
A bill of divorce I'll gar write for him ; 
A mair better lord I'll get for thee. 
Laird of Blackwood (Child's Ballads, IV. 290). 
Hence 2. Complete separation; absolute dis- 
junction ; abrogation of any close relation : as, 
to make divorce between soul and body ; the 
divorce of church and state. 
Never may 111 office, or fell jealousy, . . . 
Thrust in between the paction of these kingdoms, 
To make divorce of their incorporate league. 
And as the long divorce of steel falls on me, 
Make of your prayers one sweet sacrifice, 
And lift my soul to heaven. Shak., Hen. VIII., 11. 1. 
3. The sentence or writing by which marriage 
is dissolved. 
divorce (di-vors'), v. t. ; pret. and pp. divorced, 
ppr. divorcing. [= F. divorcer = Sp. Pg. di- 
vorciar = It. divorziare, < ML. divortiare, di- 
vorce; from the noun.] 1. To dissolve the 
marriage contract between by process of law ; 
release legally from the marriage tie ; release 
by legal process from sustaining the relation 
or performing the duties of husband or wife: 
absolutely or with from in this and the follow- 
ing senses. See divorce, n., 1. 
She was diuorc'd, 
And the late marriage made of none effect. 
Shalt., Hen. VIII., iv. 1. 
Hence 2. To release or sever from any close 
connection ; force asunder. 
Sabbath rites 
Have dwindled into unrespected forms. 
And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorc'd. 
Cowper, The Task, t 748. 
Dismiss me, and I prophesy your plan, 
Divorced from my experience, will be chaff 
For every gust of chance. Tennyson, Princess, iv. 
Sin sin everywhere, and the sorrow that never can be 
divorced from eia. T. Winthrop, Cecil Dreeme, xx. 
3. To take away ; put away. [Rare.] 
Nothing but death 
Shall e'er divorce my dignities. 
Shot., Hen. VIII., ill. 1. 
divorceable (di-vor'sa-bl), a. [< divorce + 
-able.] That can be divorced. Also divorcible. 
If therefore the mind cannot have that due society by 
marriage that it may reasonably and humanly desire, it 
can be no human society, and so not without reason di- 
vorcible. Milton, Colasterion. 
divorcement (di-vors'ment), n. [< divorce + 
-ment.] The act or process of divorcing; di- 
vorce. 
Let him write her a bill of divorcement. Dent. xxiv. 1. 
Now haud your tongue, my daughter dear, 
Leave off your weeping, let it be ; 
For Jamie's divorcement I'll send over ; 
Far better lord I'll provide for thee. 
Jamie Douglas (Child's Ballads, IV. 288). 
divorcer (di-vor'ser), n. One who or that which 
produces a divorce or separation. 
Death is the violent estranger of acquaintance, the eter- 
nal dioowrof marriage. Druiniiwnd, Cypress Grove. 
divorcible (di-vor'si-bl), a. [< divorce + -Me.] 
Same as dirorceablc. 
divorcive (di-vor'siv), a. [< divorce + -ive.] 
Having power to divorce. 
All the divorcive engines in heaven and earth. 
Hilton, Divorce, I. 8. 
divot (div'ot), n. [Sc. and North. E., also writ- 
ten divet, and diffat and in different form do- 
1709 
watt; origin obscure.] A piece of turf; a 
square sou, of a kind used to cover roofs, build 
outhouses, etc. 
The old shepherd was sitting on Ills divot-teat without 
the door mending a ihoe. //</;, Brownie, ii. 163. 
Fall and divot. Sce/atfa. 
divoto (de-vo'to), o. [It.,< L. devotus, devout : 
see devout, and devote, a.] In music, devout; 
grave; solemn. 
divot-spade (div'ot-spad), n. A spade for cut- 
ting divots or sods, having a semicircular blade, 
like a chopping-kuife, and a long wooden 
handle with a crutch-head. 
divulgate (di-vul'gat), r. t. [< L. divulgatun, 
pp. of divulgarr, make common, divulge: see 
divulge.} To spread abroad ; publish. [Rare.] 
It were very perillous to dyuulgate that noble scyence 
to commune people, not lerned in lyberall sciences and 
philosophy. Sir T. Elyot, Castle of Health, iv. 
divulgatet (di-vul'gat), a. [< L. divulaatus, 
pp. : see the verb.] Published. 
Faclence and sufferaunce, by which the fayth waa dy- 
uiiltrate and spred almost thorowe the worlde In lltel 
while. Sir T. More, Works, p. 110. 
divulgation (div-ul-ga'shon), n. [= F. divul- 
gation = Sp. divulgacion = Pg. divulgacao = It. 
divulgazione, < LL. divulgatio(n-), < L. divul- 
gare, pp. divulgatus, make common : see di- 
vulge.] The act of spreading abroad or pub- 
lishing. [Rare.] 
Secrecy hath no lesse use then divulgation. 
Bp. Hall, Lazarus Raised. 
divulgatory (di-vul'ga-to-ri), a. [< divulgate 
+ -ory.~] Publishing; 'making known. [Rare.] 
Nothing really Is so self-publishing, so divulgatory, as 
thought. Einrrmn, Speech, Free Religious Association. 
divulge (di-vulj'), v. ; pret. and pp. divulged, 
ppT.divulging. [= F. divulguer = Pr. Sp. Pg. 
divulgar = It. divulgare, < L. divulgare, make 
common, spread among the people, publish, < 
di- for dis-, apart, + vulgare, make public, < 
vulgus, the common people: see vulgar.] I. 
trans. 1. To make public; send or scatter 
abroad ; publish. [Obsolete or archaic in the 
general sense.] 
Of the beneflte and commodity wherof there was a book 
divulged In Print not many years since. 
Coryat, Crudities, I. 82. 
After this the Queen commanded another Proclamation 
to be divulged. Howell, Letters, I. vi. 3. 
Specifically 2. To tell or make known, as 
something before private or secret; reveal; 
disclose ; declare openly. 
His fate makes table talk, dimlg'd with scorn, 
And he, a jest. Into his grave Is Dome. 
Dryden, tr. of Juvenal's Satires, 1. 218. 
It would be endless to describe the different sensations 
of both families, when I divulged the news of our mis- 
fortune. Goldsmith, Vicar, ii. 
3f. To declare by a public act; proclaim. 
God . . . marks 
The just man, and divulges him through heaven. 
ililton, P. R., Hi. 62. 
4f. To impart, as a gift or faculty ; confer gen- 
erally. 
Think the same vouchsafed 
To cattle and each beast ; which would not be 
To them made common, and divulg'd. 
Milton, P. L.,viii. 583. 
= Syn. 2. To let out, disclose, betray, impart, communi- 
cate. 
H.t intrans. To become public; be made 
known; become visible. 
To keep it [disease] from divulging, let it feed 
Even on the pith of life. Shale. , Hamlet, iv. 1. 
divulgement (di-vulj'ment), . [= It. divulga- 
mento; as divulge + -ment.] The act of di- 
vulging. [Rare.] Imp. Diet. 
divulgence (di-vul'jens), n. [< divulge + -ence.] 
A making known;" a divulging; revelation. 
[Rare.] 
The Chancellor, in particular, was highly incensed at 
the divulgence of his threat to throw himself into the arms 
of France In the event of his advances being rejected by 
England. Lowe, Bismarck, II. 244. 
diyulger (di-vul'jer), n. One who or that which 
divulges or reveals. 
We find that false priest Watson and arch traitor Percy 
to have been the first devisers and divulgers of this scan- 
dalous report. State Trials, Gunpowder Plot, an. 1808. 
divulset (di-vuls'), v. t. [< L. divulsus, pp. of 
dircllere, tear asunder: see diveF*.] To pull 
or tear apart or away ; rend. 
Vaines, synewes, arteries, why crack yee not ? 
Burst and dimtfst with anguish of my griefc. 
Mars/on. Antonio and Mellida, I., i. 1. 
divulsion (di-vnl'shon), n. [= F. divttlsion = 
Pg. divulsdo = It. dii-nlsione, < L. divtilsio(n-), a 
dizzy 
tearing asunder, < direllerc, pp. dirulswt, tear 
asunder: see divefl.] The act of pulling or 
plucking away; a rending asunder; violent 
separation. 
Water and massy bodies move to the centre of the 
earth ; but rather than to suffer a dirulsian in the con- 
tinuance of nature, they will move upwards. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, II. 265. 
The divulsion of a good handful of hair. Landor. 
On the divultian of Belgium from Holland, in 1831, the 
treaty of separation again provided for the free naviga- 
tion of this river [the Scheldt). 
Woolney, Introd. to Inter. Law, | 58. 
divulsive* (di-vul'siv), a. [< L. divulsus, pp. 
of divellere, tear apart (see divefi), + -we.] 
Tending to pull or tear asunder ; rending. Up. 
Hall. 
divulsor (di-vul'sor), n. [NL., < L. divulsus, 
pp. of divellere, fear apart: see diveft.] In 
surg., an instrument for the forcible dilatation 
of a passage. 
diwan (di-wan'), n. Same as divan. 
diwani (di-wan'i), n. Same as dewani. 
dizaint (di-zan'), n. [Early mod. E. also di- 
zayne; < F. dizain, < dix, ten, < L. decent = E. 
ten. ] A poem of ten stanzas, each of ten lines. 
Davies. 
Strephon again began this dizain. 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, p. 217. 
The Assolle at large moralized. In three Dizaynei. 
Putteitham, Parthenlades. 
dize (diz), f. t. ; pret. and pp. dized, ppr. dizing. 
[E. dial., also dise : see dizen.] To dizen (in 
def. 1). [Prov. Eng.] 
dizen (diz'n or di'zn), v. t. [Early mod. E. 
disen, dy#yn; not found in ME., but appar. ult. 
< AS. *dise, E. dial, "dizen, dyson (= LG. diesse), 
the bunch of flax on a distaff, whence in comp. 
AS. dissteef, distarf, distaff : see dwtajp. Cf . be- 
dizen.] 1. To dress with flax for spinning, as 
a distaff. 
I di/i/u a dlstaffe, I put the flax upon It to spin. 
Paltgrave. 
2. To dress with clothes ; attire; deck; bedizen. 
Come, Doll, Doll, dizen me. 
Fletcher, Monsieur Thomas, iv. 8. 
Like a tragedy queen he has dizrn'd her out. 
Goldsmith, Retaliation, L 67. 
dizzt (diz), v. t. [Developed from dizzy."] To 
astonish; puzzle; make dizzy. 
Now he [Rozinantel is dizzed with the continual circles 
of the stables, which are ever approached but never en- 
tered. Qayton, Notes on Don Quixote. 
dizzardt (diz'Srd), n. [Also written dizard, 
disard; < dizzy, foolish, + -ard. Cf. dotard.] 
A blockhead. 
How many poor scholars have lost their wits, or be- 
come dizards ! Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 188. 
He that cannot personate the wise-man well amongst 
wizards, let him learn to play the fool amongst diaardt. 
Campion, Chapman, and Beaumont, Mask of the Middle 
[Temple and Lincoln's Inn. 
dizzardlyt (diz'Srd-li), o. [< dizeard + -lyi.] 
Like a dizzard or blockhead. 
Where's this prating asse, this dizzardly foole? 
Jt Wilson, Cobbler's Prophecy, sig. A, 4. 
dizzen (diz'n), n. [Sc. var. of dozen.] A dozen; 
specifically, a dozen cuts of yarn. [Scotch.] 
A country girl at her wheel, 
Her dizzen'B done, she's unco weel. 
Hums. The Twa Dogs. 
dizzily (diz'i-li), adv. In a dizzy or giddy 
manner. 
dizziness (diz'i-nes), n. [< dizzy + -ness.] Gid- 
diness; a whirling in the head; vertigo. 
dizzue (diz'u), . . ; pret. and pp. dizzued, ppr. 
dizzuing. [E. dial. (Corn.).] To break down 
or mine away the "country" on one side of a 
small and rich lode, so that this may afterward 
be taken down clean and free from waste. Also 
spelled dissue, and occasionally dzhu. Pryce. 
[Cornwall, Eng.] 
dizzy (diz'i), a. [Early mod. E. also dizzie; < 
ME. dysy, dygi, desi, dusy, dust, < AS. dysig, dy- 
seg, foolish, stupid (also as a noun, foolishness, 
stupidity), = MI), duysigli, deusigh, foolish, stu- 
pid, giddy, = Fries, diisig = MLG. dugich, fool- 
ish, stupid, L.G. diisig, dosig (> G. dial, diisig), 
giddy; also in comp., AS. "dysigJic, dyselic, dys- 
lic, foolish, stupid, = D. duizelig = LG. duse- 
lig, dusselig, diiselig, > G. (chiefly dial.) duselig, 
dusselig, duselig, diiselicht, diislig, duslicht, gid- 
dy; with suffix -lie, LG. -lig, G. -licJi, partly ac- 
com. in LG. and G. to -ig (as if < "dusel + -ig), 
whence the later noun, LG. dusel, "> G. dusel, 
dussel, giddiness, vertigo (> MD. dui/selen, D. 
duizelen = LG. diiselii, dusseln, "> G. duseln, 
