(obsolete, intransitive) To turn aside; to digress.
(transitive) To distract.
(transitive) To entertain or amuse (by diverting the attention)
(transitive) To turn aside from a course.
grivet
grivet
noun
An Old World monkey, Chlorocebus aethiops, with long white tufts of hair along the sides of the face.
invert
invert
adj
(chemistry) Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted.
noun
(architecture) An inverted arch (as in a sewer). *
(civil engineering) An elevation of a pipe at a certain point along the pipe.
(civil engineering) The lowest point inside a pipe at a certain point.
(obsolete, psychology) A homosexual.
(zoology, informal) An invertebrate.
A skateboarding trick where the skater grabs the board and plants a hand on the coping so as to balance upside-down on the lip of a ramp.
The base of a tunnel on which the road or railway may be laid and used when construction is through unstable ground. It may be flat or form a continuous curve with the tunnel arch.
verb
(anatomy) To turn (the foot) inwards.
(chemistry, intransitive) To undergo inversion, as sugar.
(transitive) To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.
(transitive, music) To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.
To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
ortive
ortive
adj
Of or relating to the time or act of rising; eastern.
privet
privet
intj
(informal) hello, hi
noun
Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum.
rivets
rivets
noun
plural of rivet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rivet
stiver
stiver
noun
(historical, money) A small Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder.
Anything of small value.
strive
strive
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of strife
verb
To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest.
To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.
To vie; to compete as a rival.
taiver
thrive
thrive
verb
To grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, to flourish.
To increase in wealth or success; to prosper, be profitable.
trevis
trivet
trivet
noun
A stand with three short legs, especially for cooking over a fire.
A stand, sometimes with short, stumpy feet, used to support hot dishes and protect a table; a coaster.
A weaver's knife. See trevat.
verist
verist
noun
One who subscribes to verism.
verite
verity
verity
noun
A true statement; an established doctrine.
Truth, fact or reality, especially an enduring religious or ethical truth; veracity.
vinter
virent
virent
adj
(obsolete) green; not withered
virtue
virtue
noun
(obsolete) The inherent power of a god, or other supernatural being.
(uncountable) Accordance with moral principles; conformity of behaviour or thought with the strictures of morality; good moral conduct.
(uncountable) Specifically, moral conduct in sexual behaviour, especially of women; chastity.
A creature embodying divine power, specifically one of the orders of heavenly beings, traditionally ranked above angels and below archangels.
A particular manifestation of moral excellence in a person; an admirable quality.
An inherently advantageous or excellent quality of something or someone; a favourable point, an advantage.
Specifically, each of several qualities held to be particularly important, including the four cardinal virtues, the three theological virtues, or the seven virtues opposed to the seven deadly sins.
The inherent power or efficacy of something (now only in phrases).