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<i>Hales</i>.

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A diverticulum.</def>

<h1>Diverticular</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Div`er*tic"u*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to a diverticulum.</def>

<h1>Diverticulum</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Div`er*tic"u*lum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Diverticula</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. See <er>Diverticle</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A blind tube branching out of a longer one.</def>

<h1>Divertimento</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Di*ver`ti*men"to</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>-ti</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.<def>) </fld>A light and pleasing composition.</def>

<h1>Diverting</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Di*vert"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Amusing; entertaining.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Di*vert"ing*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Di*vert"ing*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Divertise</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Di*vert"ise</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>divertir</ets>, p. pr. <ets>divertissant</ets>.]</ety> <def>To divert; to entertain.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Divertisement</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Di*vert"ise*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. the next word.]</ety> <def>Diversion; amusement; recreation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Divertissement</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Di`ver`tisse`ment"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A short ballet, or other entertainment, between the acts of a play.</def>

<i>Smart.</i>

<h1>Divertive</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Di*vert"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Divert</er>.]</ety> <def>Tending to divert; diverting; amusing; interesting.</def>

<blockquote>Things of a pleasant and <b>divertive</b> nature. <i>Rogers.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dives</h1> <Xpage=438>

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

<h1>Divest</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Di*vest"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Divested</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Divesting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[LL. <ets>divestire</ets> (<ets>di-</ets> = <ets>dis-</ets> + L. <ets>vestire</ets> to dress), equiv. to L. <ets>devestire</ets>. It is the same word as <ets>devest</ets>, but the latter is rarely used except as a technical term in law. See <er>Devest</er>, <er>Vest</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to <i>invest</i>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig.: To strip; to deprive; to dispossess; <as>as, to <ex>divest</ex> one of his rights or privileges; to <ex>divest</ex> one's self of prejudices, passions, etc.</as></def>

<blockquote>Wretches <b>divested</b> of every moral feeling. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>