Diverge

di-verj'", v. [-verged (-vend'), -ver- ging.] To tend from a common point indifferent directions; to deviate gradually from a given line; to vary from a type, or a normal state, or from the truth. [L. dis and vergere, to incline, tend, verge.] — Diverge'ment, Divergence, -gency, -sT, n. A receding from each other in radiating lines. — Divergent, a. Deviating gradually, etc. Divert, d vert', To turn off from any course, direction, or intended application to turn from busine or study; to please, amuse, entertain, recreate. [OF. divertir, L. divertere, -versum, fr. dis and vertere, to turn.] — Divert'er, n. — Divers, dir verz, a. Several; sundry; more than one, but not many. — Di 'verse, -vers, a. Different in kind; unlike di imilar, — adv. In different directions.—