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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Share \Share\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Shared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sharing}.]
1. To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to divide.
Suppose I share my fortune equally between my children and a stranger. --Swift.
2. To partake of, use, or experience, with others; to have a portion of; to take and possess in common; as, to share a shelter with another.
While avarice and rapine share the land. --Milton.
3. To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide. [Obs.]
The shared visage hangs on equal sides. --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
shared
adjective
1: have in common; held or experienced in common; "two shared valence electrons forming a bond between adjacent nuclei"; "a shared interest in philately" [ant: {unshared}]
2: distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose [syn: {divided}, {divided up}, {shared out}]
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