Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 81
Diversion (n.) (Mil.) 轉向，轉移；轉換 [U] [C]；分散注意力 [U]；分散注意力的東西 [C] 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.
Diversion (n.) An activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" [syn: diversion, recreation].
Diversion (n.) A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal" [syn: diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation].
Diversion (n.) An attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack [syn: diversion, diversionary attack].
Diversities (n. pl. ) of Diversity.
Diversity (n.) 差異；不同點 [U] [C]；多樣性 [U] [S1] [（+of）] A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness.
They will prove opposite; and not resting in a bare diversity, rise into a contrariety. -- South.
Diversity (n.) Multiplicity of difference; multiformity; variety. "Diversity of sounds." -- Shak. "Diversities of opinion." -- Secker.
Diversity (n.) Variegation. "Bright diversities of day." -- Pope.
Syn: See Variety.
Diversity (n.) Noticeable heterogeneity; "a diversity of possibilities"; "the range and variety of his work is amazing" [syn: diverseness, diversity, multifariousness, variety].
Diversity (n.) The condition or result of being changeable.
Diversivolent (a.) Desiring different things. [Obs.] -- Webster (White Devil).
Diversory (a.) Serving or tending to divert; also, distinguishing. [Obs.]
Diversory (n.) A wayside inn. [Obs. or R.] -- Chapman.
Diverted (imp. & p. p.) of Divert.
Diverting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Divert.
Divert (v. t.) 使轉向；使改道 [（+from/ to）]；轉移；使分心 [（+from）] 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.
Divert (v. t.) 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}.
Divert (v. i.) 轉向；轉移 To turn aside; to digress. [Obs.]
I diverted to see one of the prince's palaces. -- Evelyn.
Divert (v.) Turn aside; turn away from [syn: {deviate}, {divert}].
Divert (v.) Send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one.
Divert (v.) Occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion; "The play amused the ladies" [syn: {amuse}, {divert}, {disport}].
Divert (v.) Withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions [syn: {divert}, {hive off}].
Diverter (n.) One who, or that which, diverts, turns off, or pleases.
Divertible (a.) Capable of being diverted.
Diverticle (n.) A turning; a byway; a bypath. [Obs.] -- Hales.
Diverticle (n.) (Anat.) A diverticulum.
Diverticular (a.) (Anat.) Pertaining to a diverticulum.
Diverticula (n. pl. ) of Diverticulum.
Diverticulum (n.) (Anat.) A blind tube branching out of a longer one.
Diverticulum (n.) A herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon).
-ti (n. pl. ) of Divertimento
Divertimento (n.) [It.] (Mus.) A light and pleasing composition.
Divertimento (n.) A musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form [syn: divertimento, serenade].
Diverting (a.) Amusing; entertaining. -- Di*vert"ing*ly, adv. -- Di*vert"ing*ness, n.
Diverting (a.) Providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining; "an amusing speaker"; "a diverting story" [syn: amusing, amusive, diverting].
Divertise (v. t.) To divert; to entertain. [Obs.] -- Dryden.
Divertisement (n.) Diversion; amusement; recreation. [R.]
Divertissement (n.) [F.] A short ballet, or other entertainment, between the acts of a play. -- Smart.
Divertive (a.) Tending to divert; diverting; amusing; interesting.
Things of a pleasant and divertive nature. -- Rogers.
Dives (n.) 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.
Divested (imp. & p. p.) of Divest.
Divesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Divest.
Divest (v. t.) To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest.
Divest (v. t.) 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.
Divest (v. t.) (Law) See Devest. -- Mozley & W.
Divest, () Take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets" [syn: deprive, strip, divest].
Divest, () Deprive of status or authority; "he was divested of his rights and his title"; "They disinvested themselves of their rights" [syn: divest, disinvest] [ant: enthrone, invest, vest]
Divest, () Reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment); "The company decided to divest"; "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"; "There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa" [syn: divest, disinvest] [ant: commit, invest, place, put].
Divest, () Remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments" [syn: strip, undress, divest, disinvest].
Divestible (a.) Capable of being divested.
Divestiture (n.) The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc.
Divestiture (n.) An order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior; "the court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly".
Divestiture (n.) The sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division.
Divestment (n.) The act of divesting. [R.]
Divesture (n.) Divestiture. [Obs.]
Divet (n.) See Divot.
Dividable (a.) Capable of being divided; divisible.
Dividable (a.) Divided; separated; parted. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Dividable (a.) Can be divided usually without leaving a remainder; "15 is dividable by 3".
Dividant (a.) Different; distinct. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Divided (imp. & p. p.) of Divide.
Dividing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Divide.
Divide (v. t.) 分，劃分 [（+into/ from）]；分發；分享 [（+between/ among/ with）] 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.
Divide (v. t.) 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.
Divide (v. t.) 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.
Divide (v. t.) 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.
Divide (v. t.) 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.
Divide (v. t.) (Math.) To subject to arithmetical division.
Divide (v. t.) (Logic) To separate into species; -- said of a genus or generic term.
Divide (v. t.) (Mech.) To mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a sextant.
Divide (v. t.) (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.
Divide (v. i.) 分開；分裂；意見分歧 To be separated; to part; to open; to go asunder. -- Milton. The Indo - Germanic family divides into three groups. -- J. Peile.
Divide (v. i.) To cause separation; to disunite.
A gulf, a strait, the sea intervening between islands, divide less than the matted forest. -- Bancroft.
Divide (v. i.) To break friendship; to fall out. -- Shak.
Divide (v. i.) To have a share; to partake. -- Shak.
Divide (v. i.) 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.
Divide (n.) 分歧，不和 [S] [（+between）]；分水嶺 [C] A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two streams; also called {watershed} and {water parting}. A divide on either side of which the waters drain into two different oceans is called a {continental divide}.
Divide (n.) A serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility).
Divide (n.) A ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems [syn: {watershed}, {water parting}, {divide}].
Divide (v.) Separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I" [syn: {divide}, {split}, {split up}, {separate}, {dissever}, {carve up}] [ant: {unify}, {unite}].
Divide (v.) Perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?" [syn: {divide}, {fraction}] [ant: {multiply}].
Divide (v.) Act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries" [syn: {separate}, {divide}].
Divide (v.) Come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" [syn: {separate}, {divide}, {part}].
Divide (v.) Make a division or separation [syn: {separate}, {divide}].
Divide (v.) Force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" [syn: {separate}, {disunite}, {divide}, {part}].
Divided (a.) Parted; disunited; distributed.
Divided (a.) Cut into distinct parts, by incisions which reach the midrib; -- said of a leaf.
Dividedly (adv.) Separately; in a divided manner.
Dividend (n.) 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.
Dividend (n.) (Math.) A number or quantity which is to be divided.
Dividend (n.) That part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly.
Dividend (n.) A number to be divided by another number.
Dividend (n.) A bonus; something extra (especially a share of a surplus).
DIVIDEND. A portion of the principal, or profits, divided among several of a thing.
DIVIDEND. The term is usually applied to the division of the profits arising out of bank or other stocks; or to the division, among the creditors, of the elects of an insolvent estate.
DIVIDEND. In another sense, according to some old authorities, it signifies one part of an indenture. T. L.
Divident (n.) Dividend; share.
Divider (n.) 分配者；（常複數）圓規 One who, or that which, divides; that which separates anything into parts.
Divider (n.) One who deals out to each his share.
Divider (n.) One who, or that which, causes division.
Divider (n.) An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See Compasses.
Dividing (a.) 區分的；起劃分作用的；divide的動詞現在分詞、動名詞 That divides; separating; marking divisions; graduating.
Dividingly (adv.) (not comparable) By division.
Divi-divi (n.) 雲實（南美熱帶產之樹）；雲實之莢（供染色及鞣革之用） A small tree of tropical America (Caesalpinia coriaria), whose legumes contain a large proportion of tannic and gallic acid, and are used by tanners and dyers.
Divi-divi (n.) Twisted seed pods of the divi-divi tree; source of tannin.
Divi-divi (n.) Small thornless tree or shrub of tropical America whose seed pods are a source of tannin [syn: divi-divi, Caesalpinia coriaria].
Dividual (a.) Divided, shared, or participated in, in common with others. [R.] -- Milton.
Dividually (adv.) By dividing. [R.]
Dividuous (a.) Divided; dividual. [R.]
He so often substantiates distinctions into dividuous, selfsubsistent. -- Coleridge.
Divination (n.) 占卜；預測 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.
Note: 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.
Divination (n.) 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.
Divination (n.) Successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck.
Divination (n.) A prediction uttered under divine inspiration [syn: prophecy, divination].
Divination (n.) The art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means [syn: divination, foretelling, soothsaying, fortune telling].
Divinator (n.) One who practices or pretends to divination; a diviner. [R.] -- Burton.
Divinatory (a.) Professing, or relating to, divination. "A natural divinatory instinct." -- Cowley.
Divinatory (a.) Resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy; "the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"; "mantic powers"; "a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions" [syn: divinatory, mantic, sibylline, sibyllic, vatic, vatical].
Divinatory (a.) Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence; "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"; "hypothetical situation" [syn: conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious].
Divine (a.) 神的，神性的 [Z]；神授的，天賜的 [Z]；敬神的；神聖的；非凡的，天才的；【口】極好的 Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will. "The immensity of the divine nature." -- Paley.
Divine (a.) Proceeding from God; as, divine judgments. "Divine protection." -- Bacon.
Divine (a.) Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious; pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine worship.
Divine (a.) Pertaining to, or proceeding from, a deity; partaking of the nature of a god or the gods. "The divine Apollo said." -- Shak.
Divine (a.) 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.
Divine (a.) Presageful; foreboding; prescient. [Obs.]
Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill, Misgave him. -- Milton.
Divine (a.) Relating to divinity or theology.
Church history and other divine learning. -- South.
Syn: Supernatural; superhuman; godlike; heavenly; celestial; pious; holy; sacred; pre["e]minent.
Divine (n.) 神學家；牧師 [C] One skilled in divinity; a theologian. "Poets were the first divines." -- Denham.
Divine (n.) A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.
The first divines of New England were surpassed by none in extensive erudition. -- J. Woodbridge.
Divined (imp. & p. p.) of Divine.
Divining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Divine.
Divine (v. t.) 占卜；預言；（憑直覺）推測 [+wh-]；用占卜勘探（礦等） To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to conjecture.
A sagacity which divined the evil designs. -- Bancroft.
Divine (v. t.) To foretell; to predict; to presage.
Darest thou . . . divine his downfall? -- Shak.
Divine (v. t.) 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.
Divine (v. i.) 占卜；預言；（憑直覺）發現；使用占卜勘探礦（或水）[（+for）] To use or practice divination; to foretell by divination; to utter prognostications.
The prophets thereof divine for money. -- Micah iii. 11.
Divine (v. i.) To have or feel a presage or foreboding.
Suggest but truth to my divining thoughts. -- Shak.
Divine (v. i.) To conjecture or guess; as, to divine rightly.
Divine (a.) Emanating from God; "divine judgment"; "divine guidance"; "everything is black or white...satanic or godly"-Saturday Review [syn: {divine}, {godly}].
Divine (a.) Resulting from divine providence; "providential care"; "a providential visitation" [syn: {providential}, {divine}].
Divine (a.) Being or having the nature of a god; "the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers"-J.G.Frazier; "the divine will"; "the divine capacity for love"; "'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to create" -- J.G.Saxe [syn: {divine}, {godlike}].
Divine (a.) Devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity; "divine worship"; "divine liturgy".
Divine (a.) Appropriate to or befitting a god; "the divine strength of Achilles"; "a man of godlike sagacity"; "man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers"-R.H.Roveref [syn: {divine}, {godlike}].
Divine (a.) Being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods; "her pies were simply divine"; "the divine Shakespeare"; "an elysian meal"; "an inspired performance" [syn: {divine}, {elysian}, {inspired}].
Divine (n.) Terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God [syn: {Godhead}, {Lord}, {Creator}, {Maker}, {Divine}, {God Almighty}, {Almighty}, {Jehovah}].
Divine (n.) A clergyman or other person in religious orders [syn: {cleric}, {churchman}, {divine}, {ecclesiastic}].
Divine (v.) Perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers.
Divine (v.) Search by divining, as if with a rod; "He claimed he could divine underground water".
Divinely (adv.) In a divine or godlike manner; holily; admirably or excellently in a supreme degree.
Most divinely fair. -- Tennyson.
Divinely (adv.) By the agency or influence of God.
Divinely set apart . . . to be a preacher of righteousness. -- Macaulay.
Divinely (adv.) By divine means; "the divinely appointed means of rescue from temporal existence".
Divinement (n.) Divination. [Obs.]
Divineness (n.) The quality of being divine; superhuman or supreme excellence. -- Shak.
Diviner (n.) 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.