Definition of "diverge" []

• To go or extend in different directions from a common point; branch out. (verb-intransitive)
• To differ, as in opinion or manner. (verb-intransitive)
• To depart from a set course or norm; deviate. See Synonyms at swerve. (verb-intransitive)
• Mathematics To fail to approach a limit. (verb-intransitive)
• To cause (light rays, for example) to diverge; deflect. (verb-transitive)

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• "Strangely, the tracks did not diverge from the ones they had been following."
• "The Time after the enabling legislation is used to sculpt specific Vested Interest desires, which often diverge from the enabling Polity's understanding of the Regulation."
• "To go through all of these options, however, would be to diverge from the point of discussion, which is Diamond's paternalistic assumption."