2. Multiplicity of difference; multiformity; variety. "Diversity of sounds." Shak. "Diversities of opinion." Secker.
3. Variegation. "Bright diversities of day." Pope.
Syn. — See Variety.
Diversivolent
(Di`ver*siv"o*lent) a. [L. diversus diverse + volens, -entis, p. pr. of velle to wish.] Desiring
different things. [Obs.] Webster
Diversory
(Di*ver"so*ry) a. Serving or tending to divert; also, distinguishing. [Obs.]
Diversory
(Di*ver"so*ry), n. [L. diversorium, deversorium, an inn or lodging.] A wayside inn. [Obs. or
R.] Chapman.
Divert
(Di*vert") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Diverting.] [F. divertir, fr. L. divertere,
diversum, to go different ways, turn aside; di- = dis- + vertere to turn. See Verse, and cf. Divorce.]
1. To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended application; to deflect; as, to divert a river from
its channel; to divert commerce from its usual course.
That crude apple that diverted Eve.
Milton. 2. To turn away from any occupation, business, or study; to cause to have lively and agreeable sensations; to
amuse; to entertain; as, children are diverted with sports; men are diverted with works of wit and humor.
We are amused by a tale, diverted by a comedy.
C. J. Smith. Syn. — To please; gratify; amuse; entertain; exhilarate; delight; recreate. See Amuse.
Divert
(Di*vert"), v. i. To turn aside; to digress. [Obs.]
I diverted to see one of the prince's palaces.
Evelyn. Diverter
(Di*vert"er) n. One who, or that which, diverts, turns off, or pleases.
Divertible
(Di*vert"i*ble) a. Capable of being diverted.
Diverticle
(Di*ver"ti*cle) n. [L. diverticulum, deverticulum, a bypath, fr. divertere to turn away.]
1. A turning; a byway; a bypath. [Obs.] Hales.
2. (Anat.) A diverticulum.
Diverticular
(Div`er*tic"u*lar) a. (Anat.) Pertaining to a diverticulum.
Diverticulum
(||Div`er*tic"u*lum) n.; pl. Diverticula [L. See Diverticle.] (Anat.) A blind tube branching
out of a longer one.
Divertimento
(||Di*ver`ti*men"to) n.; pl. -ti [It.] (Mus.) A light and pleasing composition.
Diverting
(Di*vert"ing) a. Amusing; entertaining. — Di*vert"ing*ly, adv. — Di*vert"ing*ness, n.
Divertise
(Di*vert"ise) v. t. [F. divertir, p. pr. divertissant.] To divert; to entertain. [Obs.] Dryden.
Divertisement
(Di*vert"ise*ment) n. [Cf. the next word.] Diversion; amusement; recreation. [R.]
