to shift the balance between two parties of, or break the tie between, decide between; to divide, separate; to isolate, separate, determine; to distinguish, differentiate, or decide between; to find a winner, break a (or the) tie
to departmentalize (to give department status to an overseas territory); to departmentalize (to assign to the departments a competence which previously fell to the State or another public authority)
to depend (to be uncertain or contingent); to depend (to be contingent); to depend, to rely (for support); to belong to, to be part of; it's up to [with de ‘someone’, along with de (+ infinitive) or que (+ subjunctive clause) ‘to do something’] (often negated using ne ... que, which may not be translated)