Part 3340

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Divellent</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Di*vel"lent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>divellens</ets>, p. pr.]</ety> <def>Drawing asunder.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Divellicate</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Di*vel"li*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>di-</ets> = <ets>vellicatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>vellicare</ets> to pluck, fr. <ets>vellere</ets> to pull.]</ety> <def>To pull in pieces.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark>

<h1>Diver</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Div"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, dives.</def>

<blockquote><b>Divers</b> and fishers for pearls. <i>Woodward.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig.: One who goes deeply into a subject, study, or business.</def> "A <i>diver</i> into causes."

<i>Sir H. Wotton.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any bird of certain genera, as <spn>Urinator</spn> (formerly <spn>Colymbus</spn>), or the allied genus <spn>Colymbus</spn>, or <spn>Podiceps</spn>, remarkable for their agility in diving.</def>

<note>&hand; The northern diver (<spn>Urinator imber</spn>) is the loon; the black diver or velvet scoter (<spn>Oidemia fusca</spn>) is a sea duck. See <er>Loon</er>, and <er>Scoter</er>.</note>

<h1>Diverb</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Di"verb</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>diverbium</ets> the colloquial part of a comedy, dialogue; <ets>di-</ets> = dis-</ets> + <ets><ets>verbum</ets> word.]</ety> <def>A saying in which two members of the sentence are contrasted; an antithetical proverb.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Italy, a paradise for horses, a hell for women, as the <b>diverb</b> goes. <i>Burton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Diverberate</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Di*ver"ber*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>diverberatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>diverberare</ets> to strike asunder; <ets>di-</ets> = <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>verberare</ets>. See <er>Verberate</er>.]</ety> <def>To strike or sound through.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Davies (Holy Roode).</i>

<h1>Diverberation</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Di*ver`ber*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A sounding through.</def>

<h1>Diverge</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Di*verge"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Diverged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Diverging</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>di-</ets> = <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>vergere</ets> to bend, incline. See <er>Verge</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or deviate (as from a given direction); -- opposed to <i>converge</i>; <as>as, rays of light <ex>diverge</ex> as they proceed from the sun</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To differ from a typical form; to vary from a normal condition; to dissent from a creed or position generally held or taken.</def>

<h1>Divergement</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Di*verge"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Divergence.</def>

<h1>Divergence, Divergency</h1> <Xpage=437>