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Di*vert"er (?), n. One who, or that which, diverts, turns off, or pleases.

Di*vert"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being diverted.

Di*ver"ti*cle (?), n. [L. diverticulum, deverticulum, a bypath, fr. divertere to turn away.] 1. A turning; a byway; a bypath. [Obs.] Hales.

2. (Anat.) A diverticulum.

Div`er*tic"u*lar (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to a diverticulum.

||Div`er*tic"u*lum (?), n.; pl. Diverticula (#). [L. See Diverticle.] (Anat.) A blind tube branching out of a longer one.

||Di*ver`ti*men"to (?), n.; pl. -ti (#). [It.] (Mus.) A light and pleasing composition.

Di*vert"ing (?), a. Amusing; entertaining. -- Di*vert"ing*ly, adv. -- Di*vert"ing*ness, n.

Di*vert"ise (?), v. t. [F. divertir, p. pr. divertissant.] To divert; to entertain. [Obs.] Dryden.

Di*vert"ise*ment (?), n. [Cf. the next word.] Diversion; amusement; recreation. [R.]

||Di`ver`tisse`ment" (?), n. [F.] A short ballet, or other entertainment, between the acts of a play. Smart.

Di*vert"ive (?), a. [From Divert.] Tending to divert; diverting; amusing; interesting.

Things of a pleasant and divertive nature.

Rogers.

Di"ves (?), n. [L., rich.] The name popularly given to the rich man in our Lord's parable of the "Rich Man and Lazarus" (Luke xvi. 19-31). Hence, a name for a rich worldling.

Di*vest" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divested; p. pr. & vb. n. Divesting.] [LL. divestire (di- = dis- + L. vestire to dress), equiv. to L. devestire. It is the same word as devest, but the latter is rarely used except as a technical term in law. See Devest, Vest.] 1. To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest.

2. Fig.: To strip; to deprive; to dispossess; as, to divest one of his rights or privileges; to divest one's self of prejudices, passions, etc.

Wretches divested of every moral feeling.

Goldsmith.

The tendency of the language to divest itself of its gutturals.

Earle.

3. (Law) See Devest. Mozley & W.

Di*vest"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being divested.

Di*vest"i*ture (?; 135), n. The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc.

Di*vest"ment (?), n. The act of divesting. [R.]

Di*ves"ture (?; 135), n. Divestiture. [Obs.]

Div"et (?), n. See Divot.

Di*vid"a*ble (?), a. [From Divide.] 1. Capable of being divided; divisible.