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.