All 5 Uses of
diverge
in
The Mayor of Casterbridge
- The first, of weather-stained brick, was immediately at the end of High Street, where a diverging branch from that thoroughfare ran round to the low-lying Durnover lanes; so that the precincts of the bridge formed the merging point of respectability and indigence.†
Chpt 32
- "Will you come in and have some supper?" said Farfrae when they reached the middle of the town, where their paths diverged right and left.†
Chpt 32
- By diverging to that village, as he had intended to do, Farfrae might probably delay his return by a couple of hours.†
Chpt 40
- The divergence to Mellstock delayed Farfrae's return very nearly the two hours of Henchard's estimate.†
Chpt 40 *
- They proceeded along the road together till they reached the town, and their paths diverged.†
Chpt 42
Definition:
to move apart; or be or become different