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Webster 1913 Edition
Dimidiate
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
hermaphroditismDi-mid′i-ate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dimidiated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dimidiating
.] 1.
To divide into two equal parts.
[Obs.]
Cockeram.
2.
(Her.)
To represent the half of; to halve.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dimidiate
DIMIDIATE
,Verb.
T.