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adjective

Undivided adj.

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

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.

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

(Bot.) Not lobed, cleft, or branched; entire.

Undivided adj. See divided.

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Etymology of 'Undivided'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Undivided" Quotes from Famous Books

... been free to give her undivided attention, she might have taken them more calmly. But her mind was so full of the troubles and responsibilities consequent on the play, that it was almost impossible to concentrate her thoughts on the examination ...

— Patty's Summer Days • Carolyn Wells

... were concerning the interior. Some readers found that an undivided page was somewhat difficult to read. Especially in the interesting original work, "The Italian Summer," did they experience this. Although undivided pages have a more pleasant appearance, we will not continue them any more, and thank the friends ...

— The Esperantist, Vol. 1, No. 2 • Various

... to present as simply and practically as possible some of the advanced methods of teaching English grammar and English composition in the secondary schools. The author has kept constantly in mind the needs of those teachers who, while not giving undivided attention to the teaching of English, are required to take charge of that subject in the common schools. The defects in existing methods and the advantages of fresher methods are pointed out, and the plainest directions given for arousing and maintaining ...

— A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 (of 2) • John Miller Dow Meiklejohn

... that it was an unlucky day for me when I fell in love with Donna Candida; and no doubt you have guessed the reason. She was in love with some one else. It was the old situation of Heine's song. That other loved another—loved Italy, and with an undivided passion. His name was Fernando Briga, and at that time he was one of the foremost liberals in Italy. He came of a middle-class Modenese family. His father was a doctor, a prudent man, engrossed in his ...

— The Descent of Man and Other Stories • Edith Wharton

... themselves in opposition to the political aspirations of ambitious lawyers. Above all, the British administrator, who rightly held the maintenance of a strict balance between the different creeds and communities of India to be an essential part of his mission, felt strong in the undivided support which his conception of his responsibilities and duties received from the Mahomedans of India. Then, and almost into the second decade of this century, a community forming a fifth of the whole population professed itself absolutely opposed to any surrender of British authority which, it ...

— India, Old and New • Sir Valentine Chirol

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