Subdivide

v. t. [imp. & p. p. SUBDIVIDED; p. pr. & vb. n. SUBDIVIDING.] [Prefix sub and divide; Lat. subdividere, Fr. subdiviser.] To divide the parts of 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.