UNDIVIDED

undivided

(adjective) not separated into parts or shares; constituting an undivided unit; “an undivided interest in the property”; “a full share”

undivided, single(a), exclusive

(adjective) not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective; “judging a contest with a single eye”; “a single devotion to duty”; “undivided affection”; “gained their exclusive attention”

undivided

(adjective) not shared by or among others; “undivided responsibility”

undivided

(adjective) not parted by conflict of opinion; “presented an undivided front”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

undivided (not comparable)

Unified, whole

Source: Wiktionary


Un`di*vid"ed, a.

1. Not divided; not separated or disunited; unbroken; whole; continuous; as, plains undivided by rivers or mountains.

2. Not set off, as a share in a firm; not made actually separate by division; as, a partner, owning one half in a firm, is said to own an undivided half so long as the business continues and his share is not set off to him.

3. Not directed or given to more than one object; as, undivided attention or affection. Shak.

4. (Bot.)

Definition: Not lobed, cleft, or branched; entire.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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OBLIGATE

(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”


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