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DIVERGE
diverge
(verb) move or draw apart; “The two paths diverge here”
deviate, vary, diverge, depart
(verb) be at variance with; be out of line with
diverge
(verb) extend in a different direction; “The lines start to diverge here”; “Their interests diverged”
diverge
(verb) have no limits as a mathematical series
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
diverge (third-person singular simple present diverges, present participle diverging, simple past and past participle diverged)
(intransitive, literally, of lines or paths) To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
(intransitive, figuratively, of interests, opinions, or anything else) To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
(intransitive, literally, of a line or path) To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another line or path).
(intransitive, figuratively, of an interest, opinion, or anything else) To become different, to separate (from another line or path).
(intransitive, mathematics, of a sequence, series, or function) Not to converge: to have no limit, or no finite limit.
The sequence diverges to infinity: that is, it increases without bound.
Antonyms
• converge
Anagrams
• grieved
Source: Wiktionary
Di*verge", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Diverged; p. pr. & vb. n. Diverging.] Etym: [L. di- = dis- + vergere to bend, incline. See Verge.]
1. 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 converge; as, rays of light diverge as they proceed from the sun.
2. To differ from a typical form; to vary from a normal condition; to dissent from a creed or position generally held or taken.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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