Subdivide

v. t.	1.	To divide the parts of (anything) into more parts; to part into smaller divisions; to divide again, as what has already been divided. [imp. & p. p. Subdivided ; p. pr. & vb. n. Subdividing.] The progenies of Cham and Japhet swarmed into colonies, and those colonies were subdivided into many others. - Dryden.
v. i.	1.	To be, or to become, subdivided.

Verb	1.	subdivide - form into subdivisions; "The cells subdivided"
	2.	subdivide - divide into smaller and smaller pieces; "This apartment cannot be subdivided any further!"

TO SUBDIVIDE. To divide a part of a thing which has already been divided. For example, when a person dies leaving children, and grandchildren, the children of one of his own who is dead, his property is divided into as many shares as he had children, including the deceased, and the share of the deceased is subdivided into as many shares as he had children.

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