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<p><b>3.</b> <def>Variegation.</def> "Bright <i>diversities</i> of day."

<i>Pope.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Variety</er>.</syn>

<h1>Diversivolent</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Di`ver*siv"o*lent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>diversus</ets> diverse + <ets>volens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>velle</ets> to wish.]</ety> <def>Desiring different things.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Webster (White Devil).</i>

<h1>Diversory</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Di*ver"so*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Serving or tending to divert; also, distinguishing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Diversory</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Di*ver"so*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>diversorium</ets>, <ets>deversorium</ets>, an inn or lodging.]</ety> <def>A wayside inn.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark>

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Divert</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Di*vert"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Diverted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Diverting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>divertir</ets>, fr. L. <ets>divertere</ets>, <ets>diversum</ets>, to go different ways, turn aside; <ets>di- = dis-</ets> + <ets>vertere</ets> to turn. See <er>Verse</er>, and cf. <er>Divorce</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended application; to deflect; <as>as, to <ex>divert</ex> a river from its channel; to <ex>divert</ex> commerce from its usual course.</as></def>

<blockquote>That crude apple that <b>diverted</b> Eve. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To turn away from any occupation, business, or study; to cause to have lively and agreeable sensations; to amuse; to entertain; <as>as, children are <ex>diverted</ex> with sports; men are <ex>diverted</ex> with works of wit and humor.</as></def>

<blockquote>We are amused by a tale, <b>diverted</b> by a comedy. <i>C. J. Smith.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To please; gratify; amuse; entertain; exhilarate; delight; recreate. See <er>Amuse</er>.</syn>

<h1>Divert</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Di*vert"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To turn aside; to digress.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>I <b>diverted</b> to see one of the prince's palaces. <i>Evelyn.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Diverter</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Di*vert"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, diverts, turns off, or pleases.</def>

<h1>Divertible</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Di*vert"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being diverted.</def>

<h1>Diverticle</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Di*ver"ti*cle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>diverticulum</ets>, <ets>deverticulum</ets>, a bypath, fr. <ets>divertere</ets> to turn away.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A turning; a byway; a bypath.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>