chaptered

1. 1
   adjective

   Divided into a stated number or particular kind of chapters, as specified by an accompanying word.

   The densely chaptered reference work split each discipline into its own section.

   Reviewers praised the tightly chaptered thriller for its quick, punchy pacing.

   Note

   An adjective that leans on a modifier. Usually that is a number joined by a hyphen, as in the "five-chaptered book" of Dorothy Shipley White's Seeds of Discord (1964). Sometimes it is an adverb written open, as in tightly chaptered. It is not graded on its own: one book is not more chaptered than another. Any comparison goes on the modifier instead (more tightly chaptered).

2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of chapter.

   The author chaptered the sprawling novel into twelve neat parts.

   Once the team chaptered the report, readers found it far easier to navigate.

   Note

   One spelling does double duty for this regular verb. As simple past it stands alone (the editor chaptered the manuscript). As past participle it takes have for the perfect and be for the passive (the report was chaptered by hand). Context decides which verb meaning is meant: dividing a text, placing something in a chapter, removing someone by administrative procedure, or taking someone to task. Before a noun it shades into the adjective for chapter-divided texts.

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