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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DIMIDIATE
v.t.[L.] To divide into two equal parts.
DIMIDIATED
a.[L., middle. ] Divided into two equal parts; halved.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DIMIDIATE
Di *mid "i *ate, a. Etym: [L. dimidiatus, p. p. of dimidiare to halve, fr. dimidius half. See Demi-. ]
1. Divided into two equal parts; reduced to half in shape or form.
2. (Biol.) (a ) Consisting of only one half of what the normal condition requires; having the appearance of lacking one half; as, a dimidiate leaf, which has only one side developed. (b ) Having the organs of one side, or half, different in function from the corresponding organs on the other side; as, dimidiate hermaphroditism.
DIMIDIATE
Di *mid "i *ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dimidiated; p. pr. & vb. n.Dimidiating.]
1. To divide into two equal parts. [Obs. ] Cockeram.
2. (Her. )
Defn: To represent the half of; to halve.
New American Oxford Dictionary
dimidiate
di mid i ate |diˈmidēˌāt dəˈmɪdieɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] Heraldry (of a coat of arms or charge ) adjoin (another ) so that only half of each is visible. • (as adj. dimidiated ) (of a charge ) having only one half depicted. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin dimidiat- ‘halved, ’ from the verb dimidiare, from dimidium ‘half. ’
Oxford Dictionary
dimidiate
dimidiate |dɪˈmɪdɪeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] Heraldry (of a coat of arms or charge ) adjoin (another ) so that only half of each is visible. • (as adj. dimidiated ) (of a charge ) having only one half depicted. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin dimidiat- ‘halved ’, from the verb dimidiare, from dimidium ‘half ’.
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