2. To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil. "Disuse me from . . . pain." Donne.
Dis*use" (?), n. Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation; desuetude; as, the limbs lose their strength by disuse.
The disuse of the tongue in the only . . . remedy.
Addison.
Church discipline then fell into disuse.
Southey.
Dis*u"til*ize (?), v. t. To deprive of utility; to render useless. [R.] Mrs. Browning.
Dis*val`u*a"tion (?), n. Disesteem; depreciation; disrepute. Bacon.
Dis*val"ue (?; see Dis-), v. t. To undervalue; to depreciate. Shak.
Dis*val"ue, n. Disesteem; disregard. B. Jonson.
Dis`van*ta"geous (?), a. [Pref. dis- + vantage.] Disadvantageous. [Obs.] "Disadvantageous ground." Drayton.
Dis*vel"op (?), v. t. To develop. [Obs.]
Dis*ven"ture (?; 135), n. A disadventure. [Obs.] Shelton.
Dis*vouch" (?), v. t. To discredit; to contradict. [Obs.] Shak.
Dis*warn" (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- (intens.) + warn.] To dissuade from by previous warning. [Obs.]
Dis*wit"ted (?), a. Deprived of wits or understanding; distracted. [Obs.] Drayton.
Dis*wont" (?), v. t. To deprive of wonted usage; to disaccustom. [R.] Bp. Hall.
Dis*work"man*ship (?), n. Bad workmanship. [Obs.] Heywood.
Dis*wor"ship (?), v. t. To refuse to worship; to treat as unworthy. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
Dis*wor"ship, n. A deprivation of honor; a cause of disgrace; a discredit. [Obs.] Milton.
Dis*worth" (?), v. t. To deprive of worth; to degrade. [Obs.] Feltham.
Dis*yoke" (?), v. t. To unyoke; to free from a yoke; to disjoin. [Poetic] R. Browning.
Dit (?), n. [Ditty.] 1. A word; a decree. [Obs.]
2. A ditty; a song. [Obs.]
Dit, v. t. [AS. dyttan, akin to Icel. ditta.] To close up. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
Di*ta"tion (?), n. [L. ditare to enrich, fr. dis, ditis, same as dives, rich.] The act of making rich; enrichment. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Ditch (?; 224), n.; pl. Ditches (#). [OE. dich, orig. the same word as dik. See Dike.] 1. A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse.
2. Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth.
Ditch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ditched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ditching.] 1. To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land.
2. To surround with a ditch. Shak.
3. To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and turned on its side.
Ditch, v. i. To dig a ditch or ditches. Swift.
Ditch"er (?), n. One who digs ditches.
Dite (?), v. t. [See Dight.] To prepare for action or use; to make ready; to dight. [Obs.]
His hideous club aloft he dites.
Spenser.
Di*ter"e*bene (?), n. [Pref. di- + terebene.] (Chem.) See Colophene.
{ Di*the"cal (?), Di*the"cous (?), } a. [Pref. di- + theca.] (Bot.) Having two thecæ, cells, or compartments.
Di"the*ism (?), n. [Pref. di- + theism: cf. F. dithéisme.] The doctrine of those who maintain the existence of two gods or of two original principles (as in Manicheism), one good and one evil; dualism.
Di"the*ist, n. One who holds the doctrine of ditheism; a dualist. Cudworth.
{ Di`the*is"tic (?), Di`the*is"tic*al (?), } a. Pertaining to ditheism; dualistic.
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Di`thi*on"ic (?), a. [Pref. di- + -thionic.] (Chem.) Containing two equivalents of sulphur; as, dithionic acid.
Dithionic acid (Chem.), an unstable substance, H2S2O6, known only in its solutions, and in certain well-defined salts.
Dith"y*ramb (?), n. [L. dithyrambus, Gr. &?; a kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus; also, a name of Bacchus; of unknown origin: cf. F. dithyrambe.] A kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus, usually sung by a band of revelers to a flute accompaniment; hence, in general, a poem written in a wild irregular strain. Bentley.
Dith`y*ram"bic (?), a. [L. dithyrambicus, Gr. &?;: cf. F. dithyrambique.] Pertaining to, or resembling, a dithyramb; wild and boisterous. "Dithyrambic sallies." Longfellow. -- n. A dithyrambic poem; a dithyramb.
Dith`y*ram"bus (?), n. [L.] See Dithyramb.
Di"tion (?), n. [L. ditio, dicio: cf. F. dition.] Dominion; rule. [Obs.] Evelyn.
Di"tion*a*ry (?), a. Under rule; subject; tributary. [Obs.] Chapman.
Di"tion*a*ry, n. A subject; a tributary. [Obs.] Eden.
Di"to*kous (?), a. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + &?; a bringing forth, offspring.] (Zoöl.) (a) Having two kinds of young, as certain annelids. (b) Producing only two eggs for a clutch, as certain birds do.
Di*tol"yl (?), n. [Pref. di- + tolyl.] (Chem.) A white, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, C14H14, consisting of two radicals or residues of toluene.
Di"tone` (?), n. [Gr. &?; of two tones; di- = di`s- twice + &?; tone.] (Mus.) The Greek major third, which comprehend two major tones (the modern major third contains one major and one minor whole tone).
Di`tri*chot"o*mous (?), a. [Pref. di- + trichotomous.] 1. Divided into twos or threes.
2. (Bot.) Dividing into double or treble ramifications; -- said of a leaf or stem. [R.] Loudon.
Di`tro*che"an (?), a. (Pros.) Containing two trochees.
Di*tro"chee (?), n. [L. ditrochaeus, Gr. &?;; di- = di`s- twice + &?; trochee.] (Pros.) A double trochee; a foot made up of two trochees.
Dit"ro*ite (?), n. [Named from Ditro in Transylvania.] (Min.) An igneous rock composed of orthoclase, elæolite, and sodalite.
Ditt (?), n. See Dit, n., 2. [Obs.] Spenser.
Dit*tan"der (?), n. [See Dittany.] (Bot.) A kind of peppergrass (Lepidium latifolium).
Dit"ta*ny (?), n. [OE. dytane, detane, dytan, OF. ditain, F. dictame, L. dictamnum, fr. Gr. di`ktamnon , di`ktamnos, a plant growing in abundance on Mount Dicte in Crete. Cf. Dittander.] (Bot.) (a) A plant of the Mint family (Origanum Dictamnus), a native of Crete. (b) The Dictamnus Fraxinella. See Dictamnus. (c) In America, the Cunila Mariana, a fragrant herb of the Mint family.
Dit"tied (?), a. [From Ditty.] Set, sung, or composed as a ditty; -- usually in composition.
Who, with his soft pipe, and smooth-dittied song.
Milton.
Dit"to (?), n.; pl. Dittos (&?;). [It., detto, ditto, fr. L. dictum. See Dictum.] The aforesaid thing; the same (as before). Often contracted to do., or to two "turned commas" ("), or small marks. Used in bills, books of account, tables of names, etc., to save repetition.
A spacious table in the center, and a variety of smaller dittos in the corners.
Dickens.
Dit"to, adv. As before, or aforesaid; in the same manner; also.
Dit*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. dittologi`a. Attic form of dissologi`a repetition of words: &?; twofold + &?; to speak.] A double reading, or twofold interpretation, as of a Scripture text. [R.]
Dit"ty (?), n.; pl. Ditties (#). [OE. dite, OF. ditié, fr. L. dictatum, p. p. neut. of dictare to say often, dictate, compose. See Dictate, v. t.] 1. A saying or utterance; especially, one that is short and frequently repeated; a theme.
O, too high ditty for my simple rhyme.
Spenser.
2. A song; a lay; a little poem intended to be sung. "Religious, martial, or civil ditties." Milton.
And to the warbling lute soft ditties sing.
Sandys.
Dit"ty, v. i. To sing; to warble a little tune.
Beasts fain would sing; birds ditty to their notes.
Herbert.
Dit"ty-bag`, n. A sailor's small bag to hold thread, needles, tape, etc.; -- also called sailor's housewife.
Dit"ty-box` (?), n. A small box to hold a sailor's thread, needless, comb, etc.
Di*u"re*ide (?), n. [Di- + ureide.] (Chem.) One of a series of complex nitrogenous substances regarded as containing two molecules of urea or their radicals, as uric acid or allantoin. Cf. Ureide.
||Di`u*re"sis (?), n. [NL. See Diuretic.] (Med.) Free excretion of urine.
Di`u*ret"ic (?), a. [L. diureticus, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to make water; &?; through + &?; to make water, fr. &?; urine: cf. F. diurétique.] (Med.) Tending to increase the secretion and discharge of urine. -- n. A medicine with diuretic properties.
Diuretic salt (Med.), potassium acetate; -- so called because of its diuretic properties.
Di`u*ret"ic*al (?), a. Diuretic. [Obs.] Boyle.
Di`u*ret"ic*al*ness, n. The quality of being diuretical; diuretic property.
||Di*ur"na (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. diurnus belonging to the day.] (Zoöl.) A division of Lepidoptera, including the butterflies; -- so called because they fly only in the daytime.
Di*ur"nal (?), a. [L. diurnalis, fr. dies day. See Deity, and cf. Journal.] 1. Relating to the daytime; belonging to the period of daylight, distinguished from the night; -- opposed to nocturnal; as, diurnal heat; diurnal hours.
2. Daily; recurring every day; performed in a day; going through its changes in a day; constituting the measure of a day; as, a diurnal fever; a diurnal task; diurnal aberration, or diurnal parallax; the diurnal revolution of the earth.
Ere twice the horses of the sun shall bring
Their fiery torcher his diurnal ring.
Shak.
3. (Bot.) Opening during the day, and closing at night; -- said of flowers or leaves.
4. (Zoöl.) Active by day; -- applied especially to the eagles and hawks among raptorial birds, and to butterflies (Diurna) among insects.
Diurnal aberration (Anat.), the aberration of light arising from the effect of the earth's rotation upon the apparent direction of motion of light. -- Diurnal arc, the arc described by the sun during the daytime or while above the horizon; hence, the arc described by the moon or a star from rising to setting. -- Diurnal circle, the apparent circle described by a celestial body in consequence of the earth's rotation. -- Diurnal motion of the earth, the motion of the earth upon its axis which is described in twenty-four hours. -- Diurnal motion of a heavenly body, that apparent motion of the heavenly body which is due to the earth's diurnal motion. -- Diurnal parallax. See under Parallax. -- Diurnal revolution of a planet, the motion of the planet upon its own axis which constitutes one complete revolution.
Syn. -- See Daily.
Di*ur"nal (?), n. [Cf. F. diurnal a prayerbook. See Diurnal, a.] 1. A daybook; a journal. [Obs.] Tatler.
2. (R. C. Ch.) A small volume containing the daily service for the "little hours," viz., prime, tierce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline.
3. (Zoöl.) A diurnal bird or insect.
Di*ur"nal*ist, n. A journalist. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Di*ur"nal*ly, adv. Daily; every day.
Di*ur"nal*ness, n. The quality of being diurnal.
Di`ur*na"tion (?), n. 1. Continuance during the day. [Obs.]
2. (Zoöl.) The condition of sleeping or becoming dormant by day, as is the case of the bats.
Di`u*tur"nal (?), a. [L. diuturnus, fr. diu a long time, by day; akin to dies day.] Of long continuance; lasting. [R.] Milton.
Di`u*tur"ni*ty (?), n. [L. diuturnitas.] Long duration; lastingness. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Di`va*ga"tion (?), n. [L. divagari to wander about; di- = dis- + vagari to stroll about: cf. F. divagation. See Vagary.] A wandering about or going astray; digression.
Let us be set down at Queen's Crawley without further divagation.
Thackeray.
Div"a*lent (?), a. [Pref. di- + L. valens, valentis, p. pr. See Valence.] (Chem.) Having two units of combining power; bivalent. Cf. Valence.
Di*van" (?), n. [Per. dwn a book of many leaves, an account book, a collection of books, a senate, council: cf. Ar. daiwn, F. divan.] 1. A book; esp., a collection of poems written by one author; as, the divan of Hafiz. [Persia]
2. In Turkey and other Oriental countries: A council of state; a royal court. Also used by the poets for a grand deliberative council or assembly. Pope.
3. A chief officer of state. [India]
4. A saloon or hall where a council is held, in Oriental countries, the state reception room in places, and in the houses of the richer citizens. Cushions on the floor or on benches are ranged round the room.
5. A cushioned seat, or a large, low sofa or couch; especially, one fixed to its place, and not movable.
6. A coffee and smoking saloon. [Colloq.]
Di*var"i*cate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Divaricated; p. pr. & vb. n. Divaricating.] [L. divaricatus, p. p. of divaricare to stretch apart; di- = dis- + varicare to straddle, fr. varicus straddling, fr. varus stretched outwards.] 1. To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork.
2. To diverge; to be divaricate. Woodward.
Di*var"i*cate, v. t. To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart.
Di*var"i*cate (?), a. [L. divaricatus, p. p.] 1. Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging.
2. (Biol.) Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color markings on animals, etc.
Di*var"i*cate*ly, adv. With divarication.
Di*var`i*ca"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. divarication.] 1. A separation into two parts or branches; a forking; a divergence.
2. An ambiguity of meaning; a disagreement of difference in opinion. Sir T. Browne.
3. (Biol.) A divergence of lines of color sculpture, or of fibers at different angles.
Di*var`i*ca"tor (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of the muscles which open the shell of brachiopods; a cardinal muscle. See Illust. of Brachiopoda.
Di*vast" (?), a. Devastated; laid waste. [Obs.]
Dive (dv), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dived (dvd), colloq. Dove (dv), a relic of the AS. strong forms deáf, dofen; p. pr. & vb. n. Diving.] [OE. diven, duven, AS. dfan to sink, v. t., fr. dfan, v. i.; akin to Icel. dfa, G. taufen, E. dip, deep, and perh. to dove, n. Cf. Dip.] 1. To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid.
It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them.
Whately.
The colloquial form dove is common in the United States as an imperfect tense form.
All [the walruses] dove down with a tremendous splash.
Dr. Hayes.
When closely pressed it [the loon] dove . . . and left the young bird sitting in the water.
J. Burroughs.
2. Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore. South.
Dive (?), v. t. 1. To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck. [Obs.] Hooker.
2. To explore by diving; to plunge into. [R.]
The Curtii bravely dived the gulf of fame.
Denham.
He dives the hollow, climbs the steeps.
Emerson.
Dive, n. 1. A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively.
2. A place of low resort; a dispreputable bar or nightclub; a dingy hotel; a joint. [Slang]
The music halls and dives in the lower part of the city.
J. Hawthorne.
Dive"dap`per (?), n. [See Dive, Didapper.] (Zoöl.) A water fowl; the didapper. See Dabchick.
Di*vel" (?), v. t. [L. divellere; dit- = dis- + vellere to pluck.] To rend apart. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Di*vel"lent (?), a. [L. divellens, p. pr.] Drawing asunder. [R.]
Di*vel"li*cate (?), v. t. [L. di- = vellicatus, p. p. of vellicare to pluck, fr. vellere to pull.] To pull in pieces. [Obs. or R.]
Div"er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, dives.
Divers and fishers for pearls.
Woodward.
2. Fig.: One who goes deeply into a subject, study, or business. "A diver into causes." Sir H. Wotton.
3. (Zoöl.) Any bird of certain genera, as Urinator (formerly Colymbus), or the allied genus Colymbus, or Podiceps, remarkable for their agility in diving.
The northern diver (Urinator imber) is the loon; the black diver or velvet scoter (Oidemia fusca) is a sea duck. See Loon, and Scoter.
Di"verb (?), n. [L. diverbium the colloquial part of a comedy, dialogue; di- = dis- + verbum word.] A saying in which two members of the sentence are contrasted; an antithetical proverb. [Obs.]
Italy, a paradise for horses, a hell for women, as the diverb goes.
Burton.
Di*ver"ber*ate (?), v. t. [L. diverberatus, p. p. of diverberare to strike asunder; di- = dis- + verberare. See Verberate.] To strike or sound through. [R.] Davies (Holy Roode).
Di*ver`ber*a"tion (?), n. A sounding through.
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.
Di*verge"ment (?), n. Divergence.
{ Di*ver"gence (?), Di*ver"gen*cy (?), } n. [Cf. F. divergence.] 1. A receding from each other in moving from a common center; the state of being divergent; as, an angle is made by the divergence of straight lines.
Rays come to the eye in a state of divergency.
&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;.
2. Disagreement; difference.
Related with some divergence by other writers.
Sir G. C. Lewis.
Di*ver"gent (?), a. [Cf. F. divergent. See Diverge.] 1. Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; -- opposed to convergent.
2. (Optics) Causing divergence of rays; as, a divergent lens.
3. Fig.: Disagreeing from something given; differing; as, a divergent statement.
Divergent series. (Math.) See Diverging series, under Diverging.
Di*ver"ging, a. Tending in different directions from a common center; spreading apart; divergent.
Diverging series (Math.), a series whose terms are larger as the series is extended; a series the sum of whose terms does not approach a finite limit when the series is extended indefinitely; -- opposed to a converging series.
Di*ver"ging*ly (?), adv. In a diverging manner.
Di"vers (?), a. [F. divers, L. diversus turned in different directions, different, p. p. of divertere. See Divert, and cf. Diverse.] 1. Different in kind or species; diverse. [Obs.]
Every sect of them hath a divers posture.
Bacon.
Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds.
Deut. xxii. 9.
2. Several; sundry; various; more than one, but not a great number; as, divers philosophers. Also used substantively or pronominally.
Divers of Antonio's creditors.
Shak.
Divers is now limited to the plural; as, divers ways (not divers way). Besides plurality it ordinarily implies variety of kind.
Di"verse (?; 277), a. [The same word as divers. See Divers.] 1. Different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate.
The word . . . is used in a sense very diverse from its original import.
J. Edwards.
Our roads are diverse: farewell, love! said she.
R. Browning.
2. Capable of various forms; multiform.
Eloquence is a great and diverse thing.
B. Jonson.
Di*verse" (?), adv. In different directions; diversely.
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di*verse" (d*vrs"), v. i. To turn aside. [Obs.]
The redcross knight diverst, but forth rode Britomart.
Spenser.
Di"verse*ly (?), adv. 1. In different ways; differently; variously. "Diversely interpreted." Bacon.
How diversely love doth his pageants play.
Spenser.
2. In different directions; to different points.
On life's vast ocean diversely we sail.
Pope.
Di*verse"ness (?), n. The quality of being diverse.
Di*ver`si*fi`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality or capacity of being diversifiable. Earle.
Di*ver"si*fi`a*ble (?), a. Capable of being diversified or varied. Boyle.
Di*ver`si*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [See Diversify.] 1. The act of making various, or of changing form or quality. Boyle.
2. State of diversity or variation; variegation; modification; change; alternation.
Infinite diversifications of tints may be produced.
Adventurer.
Di*ver"si*fied (?), a. Distinguished by various forms, or by a variety of aspects or objects; variegated; as, diversified scenery or landscape.
Di*ver"si*fi`er (?), n. One who, or that which, diversifies.
Di*ver"si*form (?), a. [L. diversus diverse + -form.] Of a different form; of varied forms.
Di*ver"si*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diversified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Diversifying.] [F. diversifier, LL. diversificare, fr. L. diversus diverse + ficare (in comp.), akin to facere to make. See Diverse.] To make diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety to; to variegate; to distinguish by numerous differences or aspects.
Separated and diversified on from another.
Locke.
Its seven colors, that diversify all the face of nature.
I. Taylor.
Di`ver*sil"o*quent (?), a. [L. diversus diverse + loquens, p. pr. of loqui to speak.] Speaking in different ways. [R.]
Di*ver"sion (?), n. [Cf. F. diversion. See Divert.] 1. The act of turning aside from any course, occupation, or object; as, the diversion of a stream from its channel; diversion of the mind from business.
2. That which diverts; that which turns or draws the mind from care or study, and thus relaxes and amuses; sport; play; pastime; as, the diversions of youth. "Public diversions." V. Knox.
Such productions of wit and humor as expose vice and folly, furnish useful diversion to readers.
Addison.
3. (Mil.) The act of drawing the attention and force of an enemy from the point where the principal attack is to be made; the attack, alarm, or feint which diverts.
Syn. -- Amusement; entertainment; pastime; recreation; sport; game; play; solace; merriment.
Di*ver"si*ty (?), n.; pl. Diversities (#). [F. diversité, L. diversitas, fr. diversus. See Diverse.] 1. A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness.
They will prove opposite; and not resting in a bare diversity, rise into a contrariety.
South.
2. Multiplicity of difference; multiformity; variety. "Diversity of sounds." Shak. "Diversities of opinion." Secker.
3. Variegation. "Bright diversities of day." Pope.
Syn. -- See Variety.
Di`ver*siv"o*lent (?), a. [L. diversus diverse + volens, -entis, p. pr. of velle to wish.] Desiring different things. [Obs.] Webster (White Devil).
Di*ver"so*ry (?), a. Serving or tending to divert; also, distinguishing. [Obs.]
Di*ver"so*ry, n. [L. diversorium, deversorium, an inn or lodging.] A wayside inn. [Obs. or R.] Chapman.
Di*vert" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Diverting.] [F. divertir, fr. L. divertere, diversum, to go different ways, turn aside; di- = dis- + vertere to turn. See Verse, and cf. Divorce.] 1. To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended application; to deflect; as, to divert a river from its channel; to divert commerce from its usual course.
That crude apple that diverted Eve.
Milton.
2. To turn away from any occupation, business, or study; to cause to have lively and agreeable sensations; to amuse; to entertain; as, children are diverted with sports; men are diverted with works of wit and humor.
We are amused by a tale, diverted by a comedy.
C. J. Smith.
Syn. -- To please; gratify; amuse; entertain; exhilarate; delight; recreate. See Amuse.
Di*vert", v. i. To turn aside; to digress. [Obs.]
I diverted to see one of the prince's palaces.
Evelyn.
Di*vert"er (?), n. One who, or that which, diverts, turns off, or pleases.
Di*vert"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being diverted.
Di*ver"ti*cle (?), n. [L. diverticulum, deverticulum, a bypath, fr. divertere to turn away.] 1. A turning; a byway; a bypath. [Obs.] Hales.
2. (Anat.) A diverticulum.
Div`er*tic"u*lar (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to a diverticulum.
||Div`er*tic"u*lum (?), n.; pl. Diverticula (#). [L. See Diverticle.] (Anat.) A blind tube branching out of a longer one.
||Di*ver`ti*men"to (?), n.; pl. -ti (#). [It.] (Mus.) A light and pleasing composition.
Di*vert"ing (?), a. Amusing; entertaining. -- Di*vert"ing*ly, adv. -- Di*vert"ing*ness, n.
Di*vert"ise (?), v. t. [F. divertir, p. pr. divertissant.] To divert; to entertain. [Obs.] Dryden.
Di*vert"ise*ment (?), n. [Cf. the next word.] Diversion; amusement; recreation. [R.]
||Di`ver`tisse`ment" (?), n. [F.] A short ballet, or other entertainment, between the acts of a play. Smart.
Di*vert"ive (?), a. [From Divert.] Tending to divert; diverting; amusing; interesting.
Things of a pleasant and divertive nature.
Rogers.
Di"ves (?), n. [L., rich.] The name popularly given to the rich man in our Lord's parable of the "Rich Man and Lazarus" (Luke xvi. 19-31). Hence, a name for a rich worldling.
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.
Di*vest"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being divested.
Di*vest"i*ture (?; 135), n. The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc.
Di*vest"ment (?), n. The act of divesting. [R.]
Di*ves"ture (?; 135), n. Divestiture. [Obs.]
Div"et (?), n. See Divot.
Di*vid"a*ble (?), a. [From Divide.] 1. Capable of being divided; divisible.
2. Divided; separated; parted. [Obs.] Shak.
Di*vid"ant (?), a. Different; distinct. [Obs.] Shak.
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.
3. To make partition of among a number; to apportion, as profits of stock among proprietors; to give in shares; to distribute; to mete out; to share.
True justice unto people to divide.
Spenser.
Ye shall divide the land by lot.
Num. xxxiii. 54.
4. To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance.
If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom can not stand.
Mark iii. 24.
Every family became now divided within itself.
Prescott.
5. To separate into two parts, in order to ascertain the votes for and against a measure; as, to divide a legislative house upon a question.
6. (Math.) To subject to arithmetical division.
7. (Logic) To separate into species; - - said of a genus or generic term.
8. (Mech.) To mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a sextant.
9. (Music) To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations. [Obs.] Spenser.
Syn. -- To sever; dissever; sunder; cleave; disjoin; disunite; detach; disconnect; part; distribute; share.
Di*vide", v. i. 1. To be separated; to part; to open; to go asunder. Milton.
The Indo-Germanic family divides into three groups.
J. Peile.
2. To cause separation; to disunite.
A gulf, a strait, the sea intervening between islands, divide less than the matted forest.
Bancroft.
3. To break friendship; to fall out. Shak.
4. To have a share; to partake. Shak.
5. To vote, as in the British Parliament, by the members separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the ayes dividing from the noes.
The emperors sat, voted, and divided with their equals.
Gibbon.
Di*vide", n. A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two streams; a watershed.
Di*vid"ed, a. 1. Parted; disunited; distributed.
2. (Bot.) Cut into distinct parts, by incisions which reach the midrib; -- said of a leaf.
Di*vid"ed*ly, adv. Separately; in a divided manner.
Div"i*dend (?), n. [L. dividendum thing to be divided, neut. of the gerundive of dividere: cf. F. dividende.] 1. A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; -- applied to the profits as appropriated among shareholders, and to assets as apportioned among creditors; as, the dividend of a bank, a railway corporation, or a bankrupt estate.
2. (Math.) A number or quantity which is to be divided.
Div"i*dent (?), n. Dividend; share. [Obs.] Foxe.
Di*vid"er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, divides; that which separates anything into parts.
2. One who deals out to each his share.
Who made me a judge or a divider over you?
Luke xii. 14.
3. One who, or that which, causes division.
Hate is of all things the mightiest divider.
Milton.
Money, the great divider of the world.
Swift.
4. pl. An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See Compasses.
The word dividers is usually applied to the instrument as made for the use of draughtsmen, etc.; compasses to the coarser instrument used by carpenters.
Di*vid"ing (?), a. That divides; separating; marking divisions; graduating.
Dividing engine, a machine for graduating circles (as for astronomical instruments) or bars (as for scales); also, for spacing off and cutting teeth in wheels. -- Dividing sinker. (Knitting Mach.). See under Sinker.
Di*vid"ing*ly (?), adv. By division.
||Di"vi-di"vi (?), n. [Native name.] (Bot.) A small tree of tropical America (Cæsalpinia coriaria), whose legumes contain a large proportion of tannic and gallic acid, and are used by tanners and dyers.
Di*vid"u*al (?; 135), a. [See Dividuous.] Divided, shared, or participated in, in common with others. [R.] Milton.
Di*vid"u*al*ly, adv. By dividing. [R.]
Di*vid"u*ous (?), a. [L. dividuus divisible, divided, fr. dividere.] Divided; dividual. [R.]
He so often substantiates distinctions into dividuous, selfsubsistent.
Coleridge.
Div`i*na"tion (?), n. [L. divinatio, fr. divinare, divinatum, to foresee, foretell, fr. divinus: cf. F. divination. See Divine.] 1. The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means.
There shall not be found among you any one that . . . useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter.
Deut. xviii. 10.
Among the ancient heathen philosophers natural divination was supposed to be effected by a divine afflatus; artificial divination by certain rites, omens, or appearances, as the flight of birds, entrails of animals, etc.
2. An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen; conjectural presage; prediction.
Birds which do give a happy divination of things to come.
Sir T. North.
Div"i*na`tor (?), n. [L. See Divination.] One who practices or pretends to divination; a diviner. [R.] Burton.
Di*vin"a*to*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. divinatoire.] Professing, or relating to, divination. "A natural divinatory instinct." Cowley.
Di*vine" (?), a. [Compar. Diviner (&?;); superl. Divinest.] [F. divin, L. divinus divine, divinely inspired, fr. divus, dius, belonging to a deity; akin to Gr. &?;, and L. deus, God. See Deity.] 1. Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will. "The immensity of the divine nature." Paley.
2. Proceeding from God; as, divine judgments. "Divine protection." Bacon.
3. Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious; pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine worship.
4. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, a deity; partaking of the nature of a god or the gods. "The divine Apollo said." Shak.
5. Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree; supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind. Sir J. Davies. "The divine Desdemona." Shak.
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king.
Prov. xvi. 10.
But not to one in this benighted age
Is that diviner inspiration given.
Gray.
6. Presageful; foreboding; prescient. [Obs.]
Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill,
Misgave him.
Milton.
7. Relating to divinity or theology.
Church history and other divine learning.
South.
Syn. -- Supernatural; superhuman; godlike; heavenly; celestial; pious; holy; sacred; preëminent.
Di*vine", n. [L. divinus a soothsayer, LL., a theologian. See Divine, a.] 1. One skilled in divinity; a theologian. "Poets were the first divines." Denham.
2. A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.
The first divines of New England were surpassed by none in extensive erudition.
J. Woodbridge.
Di*vine", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Divining.] [L. divinare: cf. F. deviner. See Divination.] 1. To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to conjecture.
A sagacity which divined the evil designs.
Bancroft.
2. To foretell; to predict; to presage.
Darest thou . . . divine his downfall?
Shak.
3. To render divine; to deify. [Obs.]
Living on earth like angel new divined.
Spenser.
Syn. -- To foretell; predict; presage; prophesy; prognosticate; forebode; guess; conjecture; surmise.
Di*vine", v. i. 1. To use or practice divination; to foretell by divination; to utter prognostications.
The prophets thereof divine for money.
Micah iii. 11.
2. To have or feel a presage or foreboding.
Suggest but truth to my divining thoughts.
Shak.
3. To conjecture or guess; as, to divine rightly.
Di*vine"ly, adv. 1. In a divine or godlike manner; holily; admirably or excellently in a supreme degree.
Most divinely fair.
Tennyson.
2. By the agency or influence of God.
Divinely set apart . . . to be a preacher of righteousness.
Macaulay.
Di*vine"ment (?), n. Divination. [Obs.]
Di*vine"ness, n. The quality of being divine; superhuman or supreme excellence. Shak.
Di*vin"er (?), n. 1. One who professes divination; one who pretends to predict events, or to reveal occult things, by supernatural means.
The diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain.
Zech. x. 2.
2. A conjecture; a guesser; one who makes out occult things. Locke.
Di*vin"er*ess, n. A woman who divines. Dryden.
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Div"ing (?), a. That dives or is used or diving.
Diving beetle (Zoöl.), any beetle of the family Dytiscidæ, which habitually lives under water; -- called also water tiger. -- Diving bell, a hollow inverted vessel, sometimes bell-shaped, in which men may descend and work under water, respiration being sustained by the compressed air at the top, by fresh air pumped in through a tube from above. -- Diving dress. See Submarine armor, under Submarine. -- Diving stone, a kind of jasper.
Di*vin"i*fy (?), v. t. [L. divinus divine + -fy.] To render divine; to deify. [Obs.] "Blessed and divinified soul." Parth. Sacra (1633).
Di*vin"ing (?), a. That divines; for divining.
Divining rod, a rod, commonly of witch hazel, with forked branches, used by those who pretend to discover water or metals under ground.
Di*vin"ing*ly, adv. In a divining manner.
Div`i*nis"tre (?), n. A diviner. [Obs.] " I am no divinistre." Chaucer.
Di*vin"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Divinities (#). [F. divinité, L. divinitas. See Divine, a.] 1. The state of being divine; the nature or essence of God; deity; godhead.
When he attributes divinity to other things than God, it is only a divinity by way of participation.
Bp. Stillingfleet.
2. The Deity; the Supreme Being; God.
This the divinity that within us.
Addison.
3. A pretended deity of pagans; a false god.
Beastly divinities, and droves of gods.
Prior.
4. A celestial being, inferior to the supreme God, but superior to man.
God . . . employing these subservient divinities.
Cheyne.
5. Something divine or superhuman; supernatural power or virtue; something which inspires awe.
They say there is divinity in odd numbers.
Shak.
There's such divinity doth hedge a king.
Shak.
6. The science of divine things; the science which treats of God, his laws and moral government, and the way of salvation; theology.
Divinity is essentially the first of the professions.
Coleridge.
Case divinity, casuistry.
Div`i*ni*za"tion (?), n. A making divine. M. Arnold.
Div"i*nize (?), v. t. To invest with a divine character; to deify. [R.] M. Arnold.
Man had divinized all those objects of awe.
Milman.
Di*vis`i*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. divisibilité.] The quality of being divisible; the property of bodies by which their parts are capable of separation.
Divisibility . . . is a primary attribute of matter.
Sir W. Hamilton.
Di*vis"i*ble (?), a. [L. divisibilis, fr. dividere: cf. F. divisible. See Divide.] Capable of being divided or separated.
Extended substance . . . is divisible into parts.
Sir W. Hamilton.
Divisible contract (Law), a contract containing agreements one of which can be separated from the other. -- Divisible offense (Law), an offense containing a lesser offense in one of a greater grade, so that on the latter there can be an acquittal, while on the former there can be a conviction.
-- Di*vis"i*ble*ness, n. -- Di*vis"i*bly, adv.
Di*vis"i*ble, n. A divisible substance. Glanvill.
Di*vi"sion (?), n. [F. division, L. divisio, from dividere. See Divide.] 1. The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.
I was overlooked in the division of the spoil.
Gibbon.
2. That which divides or keeps apart; a partition.
3. The portion separated by the divining of a mass or body; a distinct segment or section.
Communities and divisions of men.
Addison.
4. Disunion; difference in opinion or feeling; discord; variance; alienation.
There was a division among the people.
John vii. 43.
5. Difference of condition; state of distinction; distinction; contrast. Chaucer.
I will put a division between my people and thy people.
Ex. viii. 23.
6. Separation of the members of a deliberative body, esp. of the Houses of Parliament, to ascertain the vote.
The motion passed without a division.
Macaulay.
7. (Math.) The process of finding how many times one number or quantity is contained in another; the reverse of multiplication; also, the rule by which the operation is performed.
8. (Logic) The separation of a genus into its constituent species.
9. (Mil.) (a) Two or more brigades under the command of a general officer. (b) Two companies of infantry maneuvering as one subdivision of a battalion. (c) One of the larger districts into which a country is divided for administering military affairs.
10. (Naut.) One of the groups into which a fleet is divided.
11. (Mus.) A course of notes so running into each other as to form one series or chain, to be sung in one breath to one syllable.
12. (Rhet.) The distribution of a discourse into parts; a part so distinguished.
13. (Biol.) A grade or rank in classification; a portion of a tribe or of a class; or, in some recent authorities, equivalent to a subkingdom.
Cell division (Biol.), a method of cell increase, in which new cells are formed by the division of the parent cell. In this process, the cell nucleus undergoes peculiar differentiations and changes, as shown in the figure (see also Karyokinesis). At the same time the protoplasm of the cell becomes gradually constricted by a furrow transverse to the long axis of the nuclear spindle, followed, on the completion of the division of the nucleus, by a separation of the cell contents into two masses, called the daughter cells. -- Long division (Math.), the process of division when the operations are mostly written down. -- Short division (Math.), the process of division when the operations are mentally performed and only the results written down; -- used principally when the divisor is not greater than ten or twelve.
Syn. -- compartment; section; share; allotment; distribution; separation; partition; disjunction; disconnection; difference; variance; discord; disunion.
Di*vi"sion*al (?), a. That divides; pertaining to, making, or noting, a division; as, a divisional line; a divisional general; a divisional surgeon of police.
Divisional planes (Geol.), planes of separation between rock masses. They include joints.
Di*vi"sion*al*ly, adv. So as to be divisional.
Di*vi"sion*a*ry (?), a. Divisional.
Di*vi"sion*or (?), n. One who divides or makes division. [Obs.] Sheldon.
Di*vi"sive (?), a. [Cf. F. divisif.] 1. Indicating division or distribution. Mede.
2. Creating, or tending to create, division, separation, or difference.
It [culture] is after all a dainty and divisive quality, and can not reach to the depths of humanity.
J. C. Shairp.
-- Di*vi"sive*ly, adv. -- Di*vi"sive*ness, n. Carlyle.
Di*vi"sor (?), n. [L., fr. dividere. See Divide.] (Math.) The number by which the dividend is divided.
Common divisor. (Math.) See under Common, a.
Di*vorce" (?), n. [F. divorce, L. divortium, fr. divortere, divertere, to turn different ways, to separate. See Divert.] 1. (Law) (a) A legal dissolution of the marriage contract by a court or other body having competent authority. This is properly a divorce, and called, technically, divorce a vinculo matrimonii. "from the bond of matrimony." (b) The separation of a married woman from the bed and board of her husband -- divorce a mensa et toro (or thoro), "from bed and board."
2. The decree or writing by which marriage is dissolved.
3. Separation; disunion of things closely united.
To make divorce of their incorporate league.
Shak.
4. That which separates. [Obs.] Shak.
Bill of divorce. See under Bill.
Di*vorce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divorced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Divorcing.] [Cf. F. divorcer. See Divorce, n.] 1. To dissolve the marriage contract of, either wholly or partially; to separate by divorce.
2. To separate or disunite; to sunder.
It [a word] was divorced from its old sense.
Earle.
3. To make away; to put away.
Nothing but death
Shall e'er divorce my dignities.
Shak.
Di*vorce"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being divorced.
Di*vor`cee" (?), n. A person divorced.
Di*vorce"less (?), a. Incapable of being divorced or separated; free from divorce.
Di*vorce"ment (?), n. Dissolution of the marriage tie; divorce; separation.
Let him write her a divorcement.
Deut. xxiv. 1.
The divorcement of our written from our spoken language.
R. Morris.
Di*vor"cer, n. The person or cause that produces or effects a divorce. Drummond.
Di*vor"ci*ble (?), a. Divorceable. Milton.
Di*vor"cive (?), a. Having power to divorce; tending to divorce. "This divorcive law." Milton.
Div"ot (?), n. A thin, oblong turf used for covering cottages, and also for fuel. [Scot.] Simmonds.
Di*vul"gate (?), a. [L. divulgatus, p. p. of divulgare. See Divulge.] Published. [Obs.] Bale.