Subdividing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Subdivide \Sub`di*vide"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subdivided}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Subdividing}.] [L. subdividere, sub under +
     dividere to divide. See {Divide}.]
     To divide the parts of (anything) into more parts; to part
     into smaller divisions; to divide again, as what has already
     been divided.


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           The progenies of Cham and Japhet swarmed into colonies,
           and those colonies were subdivided into many others.
                                                    --Dryden.
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