To merge, to intermingle freely.
To form from different pieces or elements.
To bond pieces of metal into a continuous whole by liquefying parts of each piece, bringing the liquids into contact, and allowing the combined liquid to solidify.
To join into a single mass or whole.
To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another line or path).
To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
To become different, to separate (from another line or path).
Not to converge: to have no limit, or no finite limit.
Both stories start out the same way, but they diverge halfway through.