Redivided

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Separated once more into portions or segments after an initial division
2. Broken up anew by dividing into smaller parts following previous partitioning
3. Partitioned again into distinct sections or groups after being divided earlier

Etymology: "Redivided" is the past tense and past participle of "redivide," a verb formed in English by adding the prefix "re-" to "divide." The prefix means "again" and is attached to verbs freely, so "redivide" needed no special coinage: it simply describes dividing something a second time. The base word "divide" has a longer history. It descends from Latin "dividere," built from "dis-" ("apart") and a root related to "dwi-" meaning "two," so the core idea is splitting something into two parts. Middle English borrowed the form "dividen" from Latin through Old French, and the modern spelling "divide" followed. The notion of two-ness sits underneath every later use, from splitting a cake to drawing a boundary between territories. Because "re-" can attach to nearly any verb, "redivide" is a transparent formation, and its meaning follows directly from its parts: an earlier division has been undone or superseded and a new one made in its place.

Synonyms: redistributed, reallocated, rearranged, partitioned, segregated

Antonyms: consolidated, combined, unified, merged, integrated