Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DI-VERGE'
DI-VERB-ER-A'TIONDI-VERGE'MENT
DI-VERGE', v.i. [diverj'; L. divergo; di, dis, and vergo, to incline.]
To tend from one point and recede from each other; to shoot, extend or proceed from a point in different directions, or not in parallel lines. Rays of light proceed from the sun and continually diverge. It is opposed to converge.
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