- 2. Variety, multiformity, multitude.
Divert, v. a.
- 1. Turn aside, draw away.
- 2. Call off, distract, draw away, disturb.
- 3. Amuse, entertain, recreate, please, gratify, delight, exhilarate, refresh.
Divest, v. a.
- 1. Strip, undress, unclothe, disrobe.
- 2. Deprive, strip, dispossess.
Divide, v. a.
- 1. Sever, sunder, part, separate, cleave, disunite.
- 2. Keep apart, put a barrier between.
- 3. Make hostile, make discordant, set at variance, disunite, alienate, estrange.
- 4. Distribute, allot, apportion, assign, share, mete, dispense, dole, deal out, parcel out, portion out.
Divide, v. n. Part, separate, cleave, open, diverge, go asunder, divaricate, fork, be divided, be separated.
Dividend, n.
- 1. Number to be divided.
- 2. Share, division, profits divided.
Divider, n.
- 1. Distributer, dealer.
- 2. Separator.
Dividers, n. pl. Compasses.