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divertive, a. Now rare.|dɪˈvɜːtɪv, daɪ-|
[f. divert + -ive; cf. It. divertivo (Florio).]
Tending to divert; having the property of diverting or producing diversion; distractive; amusing, entertaining.
1598Florio, Diuertiua, diuertiue or remouing. Guerra diuertiua, diuertiue war. 1661Feltham Resolves (ed. 8) ii. xxi, By reason of..the divertive crowd of other occasions, Rich men haue not leisure. 1670E. R. Animadv. Glanvill's Ne Plus Ultra 7 Something so charming and divertive in this discourse. 1707J. Johnson Clergym. Vade M. App. xii, Several Inscriptions that are Real, but Jocular and Divertive. 1831Fraser's Mag. III. 28 Greatly divertive to the inward man. |