Present participle of diverge; the ongoing process of moving apart or developing in different directions; also describes things that are currently separating.
From 'diverge' with the present participle suffix '-ing.' The form can function as both a verb and an adjective describing states of active separation.
In Robert Frost's famous poem 'The Road Not Taken,' the speaker encounters 'two roads diverging in a yellow wood'—the word captures that exact moment of inevitable choice and separation.
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