dimidiate

From Latin dīmidiātus, past participle of dīmidiāre (“to halve”).

• IPA^(key): (adjective) /dɪˈmɪdi.ət/

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• IPA^(key): (verb) /dɪˈmɪdi.eɪt/

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dimidiate (not comparable)

1. Divided into two (equal) halves.
2. Consisting of only one half of what the normal condition requires; having the appearance of lacking one half.

   a dimidiate leaf, which has only one side developed

3. Having the organs of one side, or half, different in function from the corresponding organs on the other side.

   dimidiate hermaphroditism

• (divided into two halves): See Thesaurus:bisected

dimidiate (third-person singular simple present dimidiates, present participle dimidiating, simple past and past participle dimidiated)

1. (transitive) To divide into two.
   • 1915, Guy Cadogan Rothery, ABC of Heraldry, page 175:

     […] it may be dimidiated: for instance, half a rose and half a lis being stuck together, or half a lis and half an eagle.

2. (transitive, heraldry) To represent one half of, or undergo dimidiation with.
   • 1973, Rhodesiana, numbers 28–31, The Rhodesia Africana Society, page 36:

     […] hybridization in the same vein is the beast shown as supporters to arms granted in 1971, where a unicorn dimidiates a lion rampant.

• (to divide into two): halve; see also Thesaurus:bisect

• dimidiation

• diamidite

dīmidiāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dīmidiō

dimidiate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of dimidiar combined with te