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Dichotomized

Dichotomize \Di*chot"o*mize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dichotomized; p. pr. & vb. n. Dichotomizing.] [See Dichotomous.]

  1. To cut into two parts; to part into two divisions; to divide into pairs; to bisect. [R.]

    The apostolical benediction dichotomizes all good things into grace and peace.
    --Bp. Hall.

  2. (Astron.) To exhibit as a half disk. See Dichotomy,

  3. ``[The moon] was dichotomized.''
    --Whewell.

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dichotomized

vb. (en-past of: dichotomize) Having been divided into dichotomous parts.

Usage examples of "dichotomized".

Wells draws an admirable picture of a dichotomized humanity, one branch etiolated and inane, the other brutalized and automatic.