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.
© Webster 1913.
Di*chot"o*mize, v. i.
To separate into two parts; to branch dichotomously; to become dichotomous.
© Webster 1913.