From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
*** Adjective
[-]
1. Serving to divide or separate .
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|dividingly|nondividing|undividing |dividing line}}
**** Translations
[of things that divide or separate]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Russian: [ru]
[trans-bottom]
*** Verb
[en]
1. [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. An act of division .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1840 | author=Albert Barnes | title=Notes: Critical, Explanatory, and Practical on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah
|passage=Hence the noun also means _dividing_, or portion as that which is
_divided_ — whether an inheritance, or whether the DIVIDINGS of spoil after
battle.}}