divergence, divergency

[French; Ital. divergenza; Sp. diver gen cia.] 1. Lit .: A diverging or tending in different directions from one common point. "To discover the true direction and divergence of sound." Sir. W. Jones: Musical Modes of the Hindus. IMG:content-0266.png:[blocks in formation] *di-ver se, *dy-verse, *dy-ver-syn, v. t. & i. ent ways. [O. Fr. diverser .] [DIVERSE.J "Dyversyn. Divers i fico, vario."- Prompt . Parv. B. Reflex.: To distinguish, to vary. "Mochel ham diuerseth ine hire workes." -Ayenbite , IMG:content-0267.png:[blocks in formation] "These thre thyngys ben wel sotel and divers ."--Wycliffe: Select Works , iii. 115. 2. Different, diverse, varying, various. "God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets." - Heb . i. 1. 3. Several, sundry, more than one. C. Intransitive: 1. To differ, to vary.