DIVERGE, verb intransitive diverj. [Latin, 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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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.