diverge Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb move or draw apart
    • The two paths diverge here
  2. verb have no limits as a mathematical series
  3. verb extend in a different direction
    • The lines start to diverge here
    • Their interests diverged
  4. verb be at variance with; be out of line with
    depart; vary; deviate.

WordNet

Di*verge" intransitive verb
Etymology
L. di- = dis- + vergere to bend, incline. See Verge.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Diverged ; present participle & verbal noun Diverging
Definitions
  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 1913