† to-liev.
Obsolete.
intransitive. To lie or extend in different directions.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > divergence > diverge [verb (intransitive)]
to-liec893
ramify?1541
sever1545
fork1605
divaricate1623
diverge1665
bifurcate1828
split1856
trifurcate1887
c893 tr. Orosius Hist. i. i. §9 Þonne..west irnende heo toliþ on twa ymb an igland þe mon hæt Meroen.
938 in Birch Cart. Sax. II. 431 Þær ða wegas to licgað.
c1320 Cast. Love 1000 Þeose ne mowen Jhc̄ suwen wiþ, For heore dede al to-lyth.
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