diverge

 
Pronunciation: /dʌɪˈvəːdʒ, dɪ-/

verb

[no object]
  • 1(of a road, route, or line) separate from another route and go in a different direction: the flight path diverged from the original flight plan figurative their ways had diverged at university
  • (of an opinion, theory, or approach) differ: the coverage by the columnists diverged from that in the main news stories (as adjective diverging) diverging concepts of nation-building
  • (diverge from) depart from (a set course or standard): suddenly he diverged from his text
  • develop in a different direction: English Gothic architecture began to diverge from that on the Continent
  • 2 Mathematics (of a series) increase indefinitely as more of its terms are added.

Origin:

mid 17th century: from medieval Latin divergere, from Latin dis- 'in two ways' + vergere 'to turn or incline'