Emily Dickinson Lexicon

split (-s), v. [MDu; related to spleet < LG.] (webplay: break, cleave, earth, entirely, hair, heart, separate, sides).

1. Interrupt; break up; cut short; [fig.] fill with loud noise.
2. Open; burst; part asunder.
3. Disjoin; divide; separate; disunite; disconnect; divorce; part; cleave.
4. Shorten; reduce; abbreviate.
5. [Fig.] experience grief; feel great pain.
6. [Fig.] feel intense happiness; experience joy.