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verb

Divert v. t. (past & past part. diverted; pres. part. diverting)

To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended application; to deflect; as, to divert a river from its channel; to divert commerce from its usual course. "That crude apple that diverted Eve."

To turn away from any occupation, business, or study; to cause to have lively and agreeable sensations; to amuse; to entertain; as, children are diverted with sports; men are diverted with works of wit and humor. "We are amused by a tale, diverted by a comedy."

Synonyms: To please; gratify; amuse; entertain; exhilarate; delight; recreate. See Amuse.

Divert v. i. To turn aside; to digress. (Obs.) "I diverted to see one of the prince's palaces."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Divert" Quotes from Famous Books

... them seven times. They rub vermilion on the wooden images and then on each other's foreheads. It is probable that the wooden images are made and set up in the centre of the shed to attract the evil eye and divert it from the real bride and bridegroom, and the goat may be a substituted sacrifice on their behalf. Divorce and the ...

— The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV - Kumhar-Yemkala • R.V. Russell

... the inhabitants of this city having determined to continue in their allegiance to the Romans, were afraid of my coming to them, and tried, by putting me upon another action, to divert me, that they might be freed from the terror they were in. Accordingly, they sent to Jesus, the captain of those robbers who were in the confines of Ptolemais, and promised to give him a great deal ...

— The Life of Flavius Josephus • Flavius Josephus

... King Beder, 'persuaded as I am that what your majesty did was only to divert yourself, yet I could not help being surprised. But, madam,' continued he, 'let us drop this, and since I have eaten your cake, would you do me the ...

— Fairy Tales From The Arabian Nights • E. Dixon

... generosity deserved trust; however, we women could not be persuaded to render it. We got out and admired, from afar, the process. Left by our guide—and prop! we found ourselves in a wide field, where, by playful quips and turns, an endless "creek," seemed to divert itself with our attempts to cross it. Failing in this, the next best was to whirl down a steep bank, which feat our charioteer performed with an air not unlike that of Rhesus, had he but been as suitably furnished ...

— Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 • S.M. Fuller

... she might try to divert her little boy, he was only indifferently amused; but presently he remembered something which, for the time being, caused him to forget the broken ...

— A Melody in Silver • Keene Abbott

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