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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Subdivide \Sub'di*vide"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
The progenies of Cham and Japhet swarmed into colonies, and those colonies were subdivided into many others. --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
subdivided
adjective: divided again after a first division, e.g. of a tract of land, divided into lots
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