DIVIDE (2)

Di‐vide″, v. i. 1. 1. To be separated; to part; to open; to go asunder. Milton.
The Indo-Germanic family divides into three groups. J. Peile. 2. 2. To cause separation; to disunite.
A gulf, a strait, the sea intervening between islands, divide less than the matted forest. Bancroft. 3. 3. To break friendship; to fall out. Shak.
4. 4. To have a share; to partake. Shak.
5. 5. To vote, as in the British Parliament, by the members separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the ayes dividing from the noes.
The emperors sat, voted, and divided with their equals. Gibbon.