Divertissement
(||Di`ver`tisse`ment") n. [F.] A short ballet, or other entertainment, between the acts of a
play. Smart.
Divertive
(Di*vert"ive) a. [From Divert.] Tending to divert; diverting; amusing; interesting.
Things of a pleasant and divertive nature.
Rogers. Dives
(Di"ves) n. [L., rich.] The name popularly given to the rich man in our Lord's parable of the "Rich
Man and Lazarus" Hence, a name for a rich worldling.
Divest
(Di*vest") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divested; p. pr. & vb. n. Divesting.] [LL. divestire (di- = dis- +
L. vestire to dress), equiv. to L. devestire. It is the same word as devest, but the latter is rarely used
except as a technical term in law. See Devest, Vest.]
1. To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; — opposed to invest.
2. Fig.: To strip; to deprive; to dispossess; as, to divest one of his rights or privileges; to divest one's self
of prejudices, passions, etc.
Wretches divested of every moral feeling.
Goldsmith.
The tendency of the language to divest itself of its gutturals.
Earle. 3. (Law) See Devest. Mozley & W.
Divestible
(Di*vest"i*ble) a. Capable of being divested.
Divestiture
(Di*vest"i*ture) n. The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation,
or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc.
Divestment
(Di*vest"ment) n. The act of divesting. [R.]
Divesture
(Di*ves"ture) n. Divestiture. [Obs.]
Divet
(Div"et) n. See Divot.
Dividable
(Di*vid"a*ble) a. [From Divide.]
1. Capable of being divided; divisible.
2. Divided; separated; parted. [Obs.] Shak.
Dividant
(Di*vid"ant) a. Different; distinct. [Obs.] Shak.
Divide
(Di*vide") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divided; p. pr. & vb. n. Dividing.] [L. dividere, divisum; di- =
dis- + root signifying to part; cf. Skr. vyadh to pierce; perh. akin to L. vidua widow, and E. widow. Cf.
Device, Devise.]
1. To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.
Divide the living child in two.
1 Kings iii. 25. 2. To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition, or by an imaginary line or limit; as, a wall divides
two houses; a stream divides the towns.
Let it divide the waters from the waters.
Gen. i. 6.
