diversiform (diversiform)

[= F. Sp. divers i for me, J. Owen , Evenings with Skeptics, I. 305. diversify (di-vėr ́si-fi), v . t .; pret. and pp. di versified , ppr. diversifying . [F. diversifier = Pr. divers i fiar , divers if i car = Sp. Pg. divers if i car = It. divers if i care , divers if i care , diver sus , diverse, + facere , make.] To make diverse or various in form or qualities; give variety or diversity to: as, to diversify the colors of a fabric; mountains, plains, trees, and lakes diversify the landscape; to diversify labor. It was much easier for Homer to find proper sentiments for an a embly of Grecian generals than for Milton to diversify his infernal council with proper characters. Add is on , Spectator, No. 279. IMG:content-2926.png:[blocks in formation] [= G. Dan. Sw. di version, Cutting off the tops and pulling off the buds work retention of the sap for a time, and diversion of it to the sprouts that were not forward. Bacon , Nat. Hist. 1704 2. That which diverts; that which turns something from its proper or natural course or tendency; specifically, that which turns or draws the mind from care, busine , or study, and thus rests and amuses; sport; play; pastime: as, the diversions of youth; works of wit and humor furnish an agreeable diversion to the studious. Fortunes, honours, friends, Are mere diversions from love's proper object, Which only is itself. Sir J. Denham , The Sophy. We will now, for our diversion , entertain ourselves with a set of riddles, and see if we can find a key to them among the ancient poets. Add is on, Ancient Medals, ii. The nece ities of hunger and thirst were his greatest diversions from the reflection on his lonely condition. Steele , English man, No. 26. IMG:content-2927.png:[blocks in formation] B. Jonson, Poetaster, iv. 3. Other care perhaps May have diverted from continual watch Our great Forbidder. Milton , P. L., ix. 813. 2. To turn to a different point or end; change the aim or destination of; draw to another course, purpose, or destiny. He has diverted all the ladies, and all your company thither, to frustrate your provision, and stick a disgrace upon you. B. Jonson, Epicæne, iii. 1. Mi Noble carried.. a small basket, into which she diverted a bit of sugar, which she had first dropped in her saucer as if by mistake. George Eliot , Middle march, I. 185. 3. To turn from customary or serious occupation; furnish diversion to; amuse; entertain. It [Emmaus] is the pleasantest spot about Jerusalem, and the Jews frequently come out here on the sabbath to divert themselves. Mandeville , Travels, p. 40. Great diuersytie between pryde and honesty is seene. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 89. Then is there in this diversity no contrariety. Hooker , Eccles. Polity. IMG:content-2928.png:[blocks in formation] Pope , Moral E ays, iv. 84. Diversity of person, in law, a plea by a prisoner in bar of execution, alleging that he is not the same who was attainted.-Diversity of reasont, that diversity by which things are distinguished only in conception. - Diversity of reason reason edt, a distinction arising from two ways of conceiving a thing, as when we say that a trilateral figure is a triangle. - Diversity of reason reasoningt, a distinction arising from a thing being conceived twice versity of the diameter, in the Ptolemaic theory of the over in the same way, as when we say that A is A-Dimoon, an arc of the ecliptic by which the prost hap heres is of the epicycle is greater in perigee than in apogee. Also called the exce . - Real diversity, such a distinction that some fact is true of one or more things which is not true of another or others. =Syn. Di imilarity, etc. See difference. diversivolentt, a. [L. divers us, contrary, + volen(t-)s, ppr. of velle, will, desire: see divers, a., and voluntary.] Desiring strife. [Rare.] Yon divers i vol ent lawyer, mark him! knaves turn in formers, as maggots turn to flies; you may catch gudgeons with either. Webster, White Devil, iii. 2. diverslyt, adv. See diversely. diver so intuitu (di-ver'sō in-tū'i-tū). [LL.: L. diver so, abl. masc. of divers us, different; in tuitu, abl. of intuit us, look, view, consideration, Sp. Pg. diversoryt (di-ver'sō-ri), a. [L. as if * diver sori us, This tastes of pa ion, And that must not divert the course of justice. Pococke , Description of the East, II. i. 48. O, I have been vastly diverted with the story! Ha! ha! Sheridan , School for Scandal, v. 2. 41. To subvert; destroy. Frights, changes, horrors, Divert and crack, rend and deracinate The unity and married calm of states. Shak., T. and C., i. 3. =Syn. 1. To draw away. See absent, a.-3. Amuse, Di vert, Entertain, etc. (see amuse ); to delight, exhilarate. II.t in trans. To turn aside; turn out of one's way; digre . If our thoughts do at any time wander, and divert upon other objects, bring them back again with prudent and Jer. Taylor, Holy Living, iv. 7. severe arts. I diverted to see one of the prince's palaces. Evelyn , Diary, Sept. 1, 1641. diverter (di-vėr'tér), n. One who or that which diverts. I. Walton. [ divert + -ible .] divertible (di-ver'ti-bl), a. Capable of being diverted. diverticle (di-ver'ti-kl), n. [L. diverticulum, more correctly deverticulum, old form devorti culum, a byway, a digre ion, an inn, The diverticles and blind by-paths which sophistry and deceit are wont to tread. Hales , Golden Remains, p. 12. 2. In an at ., a diverticulum. [Rare.] diverticula, n. Plural of diverticulum . diverticular (di-ver-tik'u-lär), a . culum + -ar3 .) Pertaining to or of the nature of a diverticulum. [ divert i Another form of respiratory organ is developed from the wall of the gut, in the form of a diverticular outgrowth of the anterior portion of that organ. Gegenbaur , Comp. Anat. (trans.), p. 49. diverticulated (di-ver-tik'ū-lā-ted), a. [ di verticulum + -ate2 + -ed2.] 1. Made or become a diverticulum; given off as a blind proce ; cæcal.-2. Furnished with one or more diverticula; having blind proce es. diverticulum (di-ver-tik'ū-lum), n.; pl. diver ticula (-lä). [NL., a specific use of L. divert i culum: see diverticle .] In an at ., a cæcum; a blind tubular proce ; a hollow offset ending blindly; a cul-de-sac. Diverticula are very frequent formations, especially in connection with the alimentary canal, in which case they are usually known as cæca. (See cut under alimentary .) The term, however, is of very general applicability. The lungs of the air-breathing Vertebrata... are di verticula of the alimentary canal. Huxley, Anat. Invert., p. 59. Diverticulum super i us ventriculi tertii (upper diverticulum of the third ventricle), the rece us infra pineal is (which see, under pineal ). diverting (di-ver'ting), p. p.a. [Ppr. of divert, v.] Pleasing; amusing; entertaining: as, a divert ing scene or sport. The Little Plays were very Diverting to me, particularly those of Molière. Lister, Journey to Paris, p. 171. divertingly (di-ver'ting-li), adv. In a manner that diverts; so as to divert; amusingly. He confuted it by saying that it was not meant of boys in age, but in manners,.. and then added, divertingly , that this argument therefore arose of wrong understanding the word. Strype , Aylmer, xiv. diverting ne (di-ver'ting-nes), n. The quality of affording diversion. Bailey , 1727. [Rare.] divertisantt, a. [ divert is sant , ppr. of di vertir, divert: see divertise.] Diverting; entertaining; interesting. Doubtle e one of the most divert is ant and considerable vistas in ye world. Evelyn , Diary, Jan. 31, 1645.