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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
di·verge       [di-vurj, dahy-] Pronunciation Key verb, -verged, -verg·ing.
–verb (used without object)
1.to move, lie, or extend in different directions from a common point; branch off.
2.to differ in opinion, character, form, etc.; deviate.
3.Mathematics. (of a sequence, series, etc.) to have no unique limit; to have infinity as a limit.
4.to turn aside or deviate, as from a path, practice, or plan.
–verb (used with object)
5.to deflect or turn aside.
[Origin: 1655–65; < ML dīvergere, equiv. to L dī- di-2 + vergere to incline]

—Synonyms 1. separate, deviate, fork. 4. See deviate.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
di·verge       (dĭ-vûrj', dī-)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   di·verged, di·verg·ing, di·verg·es

v.   intr.
  1. To go or extend in different directions from a common point; branch out.
  2. To differ, as in opinion or manner.
  3. To depart from a set course or norm; deviate. See Synonyms at swerve.
  4. Mathematics To fail to approach a limit.

v.   tr.
To cause (light rays, for example) to diverge; deflect.


[Latin dīvergere : Latin dī-, dis-, apart; see dis- + Latin vergere, to bend; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
diverge 
1665, from L. divergere "go in different directions," from dis- "apart" + vergere "to bend, turn" (see verge (v.)). Originally a term in optics; the fig. sense is 19c.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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diverge

verb
1. move or draw apart; "The two paths diverge here" [ant: converge] 
2. have no limits as a mathematical series [ant: converge] 
3. extend in a different direction; "The lines start to diverge here"; "Their interests diverged" [ant: converge] 
4. be at variance with; be out of line with [syn: deviate] [ant: conform] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This

diverge
If a series of approximations to some value get progressively further from it then the series is said to diverge.
The reduction of some term under some evaluation strategy diverges if it does not reach a normal form after a finite number of reductions.
(1994-12-08)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Diverge

Di*verge"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Diverged; p. pr. & vb. n. Diverging.] [L. di- = dis- + vergere to bend, incline. See Verge.]

1. To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or deviate (as from a given direction); -- opposed to converge; as, rays of light diverge as they proceed from the sun.

2. To differ from a typical form; to vary from a normal condition; to dissent from a creed or position generally held or taken.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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