資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dimidiate \Di*mid"i*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dimidiated}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Dimidiating}.]
   1. To divide into two equal parts. [Obs.] --Cockeram.

   2. (Her.) To represent the half of; to halve.