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divertise

divertise verb: to entertain, to cheer up.

Verb

divertise (third-person singular simple present divertises, present participle divertising, simple past and past participle divertised)

  1. (ambitransitive, obsolete) to entertain, to cheer up.
    • let them instruct, let them divertise, and let them move us1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC
    • Matré Clark, to divertise you, I vill tell you, how I did get be acquainted vid dis Bedlam Matré.1812, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Omniana

Forms of divertise

third-person singular presentdivertises
present participledivertising
past participledivertised
pastdivertised

Origin of divertise

From French divertir, present participle divertissant.

Questions about divertise

What does divertise mean?
Divertise means to entertain, to cheer up.
What part of speech is divertise?
Divertise is a verb.
What is the past tense of divertise?
The past tense of divertise is divertised.

Words near divertise in the dictionary

  1. divertimentos
  2. diverting
  3. divertingly
  4. divertingness
  5. divertings
  6. divertise
  7. divertised
  8. divertisement
  9. divertisements
  10. divertises
  11. divertising

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