Dividing or causing division; characterized by division or separation.
From Latin 'dividens' (present participle of 'dividere'), meaning dividing. An archaic or rare English formation.
This medieval or archaic adjective appears in old philosophical texts to describe forces that separate or divide things—it's the Latin participle form that never quite caught on in modern English, remaining a scholarly curiosity.
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