Diverge definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary DIVERGE, v.i. diverj. [L., to incline.] To tend from one ... lines. Rays of light proceed from the sun and continually diverge. It is opposed to converge. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: move or draw apart; "The two paths diverge here" [ant: converge] 2: have no limits as a mathematical ... 3: extend in a different direction; "The lines start to diverge here"; "Their interests diverged" [ant: converge, meet] 4: be at ... variance with; be out of line with [syn: deviate, vary, diverge, depart] [ant: conform] Merriam Webster's verb (diverged; diverging) ...
... variance with; be out of line with [syn: deviate, vary, diverge, depart] [ant: conform] 3: cause to turn away from a ... n. --v.intr. (often foll. by from) turn aside or diverge (from a course of action, rule, truth, etc.); digress. --n ... to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary. Thus Pegasus, a nearer way to take, May ... s Dictionary of English Synonyms I. v. n. 1. Digress, diverge, deflect, veer, tack, wheel, turn aside, alter one's course ... one's way, lose one's way. 3. Differ, vary, diverge. II. v. a. Turn aside, cause to deviate. Moby Thesaurus ... disaccord with, disagree with, disperse, distort, divagate, divaricate, divaricate from, diverge, diverge from, diversify, divert, dogleg, drift, err, excurse, fall ...
... as two lines which continually approach each other; opposed to diverge. Lines which converge in one direction, diverge in the other. The mountains converge into a single ridge ... The lines converge at this point" [syn: converge, meet] [ant: diverge] 2: approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit [ant: diverge] 3: move or draw together at a certain location; "The crowd converged on the movie star" [ant: diverge] 4: come together so as to form a single product ... place. (FORMAL) As they flow south, the five rivers converge. ? diverge VERB: pl-n V 3. If different ideas or ...
... more at prevaricate Date: 1673 to spread apart ; branch off ; diverge Oxford Reference Dictionary v.intr. diverge, branch; separate widely. Derivatives: divaricate adj. divarication n. Etymology: L ... into two branches; to become bifid; to fork. 2. To diverge; to be divaricate. --Woodward. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Divaricate Di ... animals, etc. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms v. n. Diverge, part, fork, separate into two, open wide, branch off, spread ... disagree with, disorderly, dispart, dissent, disunify, divagate, divaricate from, divaricating, diverge, diverge from, divergent, diverging, diversified, diversiform, diversify, divide, erose, erratic, ...
... ramify 2. to spring out (as from a main stem) ; diverge 3. to be an outgrowth — used with from < poetry that ... bank, library, etc. --v.intr. (often foll. by off) 1 diverge from the main part. 2 divide into branches. Phrases and ... off, to form a branch or a separate part; to diverge. To branch out, to speak diffusively; to extend one's ... line, cognate line, member of a stock. II. v. n. Diverge, ramify, spread in branches, shoot off, branch off. Moby Thesaurus ... dichotomize, digress, dimidiate, direct line, disperse, distaff side, divagate, divaricate, diverge, diversify, divide, division, effluent, el, elbow, electric railway, elevated, elevated ...
... variance with; be out of line with [syn: deviate, vary, diverge, depart] [ant: conform] 3: leave; "The family took off for ... for Crewe every hour). 2 intr. (usu. foll. by from) diverge; deviate (departs from standard practice). 3 a intr. leave by ... disjoin, disjoint, dispel, disperse, dissent, dissipate, dissociate, dissolve, disunite, divagate, diverge, diverge from, divide, divorce, do a fade-out, duck out, dwindle ...
... or deviate • swerve noun Synonyms: swerve, veer, deviate, depart, digress, diverge mean to turn aside from a straight course. swerve may ... subject of one's discourse < a professor prone to digress >. diverge may equal depart but usually suggests a branching of a ... s Dictionary of English Synonyms v. n. 1. Deviate, depart, diverge, turn aside, go astray. 2. Bend, incline, yield, give way ... deviation, deviousness, digress, digression, dip, discursion, divagate, divagation, divaricate, divarication, diverge, divergence, diversify, diversion, dodge, dogleg, double, double a point, draw ...
... s Dictionary of English Synonyms v. n. 1. Vary, deviate, diverge, be unlike. 2. Disagree, be of a different opinion, think ... discord with, dispute, dissent, dissent from, disunify, divaricate, divaricate from, diverge, diverge from, diversify, divide, divide on, drop out, fall out, feud ...
... demonstrate (life, love, joy, etc.) (radiates happiness). 4 intr. & tr. diverge or cause to diverge or spread from a centre. 5 tr. (as radiated adj ... out, diffract, diffuse, diffuse light, dispense, disperse, dispread, disseminate, distribute, diverge, emanate, emit, fan out, flame, flare, flash, fulgurate, give light ...
... s Dictionary of English Synonyms v. n. 1. Differ, vary, diverge, be unlike. 2. Dissent, be of different opinions, differ in ... disclaim, discord, discord with, dispute, dissent, dissent from, divaricate from, diverge, diverge from, divide, divide on, drop out, fall out, fight, hold ...
aberrate definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: diverge from the expected; "The President aberrated from being a perfect gentleman" 2: diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration; "The surfaces ... ab + errare to wander. See Err.] To go astray; to diverge. [R.] Their own defective and aberrating vision. --De Quincey.
... of light, heat, or sound) converge or from which they diverge or appear to diverge; specifically the point where the geometrical lines or their prolongations ...