divert
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English diverten, from Old French divertir (“to turn or go different ways, part, separate, divert”), from Latin di- (“apart”) + vertere (“to turn”); see verse.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
divert (third-person singular simple present diverts, present participle diverting, simple past and past participle diverted)
- (transitive) To turn aside from a course.
- The workers diverted the stream away from the road.
- Milton
- that crude apple that diverted Eve
- (transitive) To distract.
- Don't let him divert your attention; keep your eye on the ball.
- (transitive) To entertain or amuse (by diverting the attention)
- C. J. Smith
- We are amused by a tale, diverted by a comedy.
- C. J. Smith
- (obsolete, intransitive) To turn aside; to digress.
- I diverted to see one of the prince's palaces. — Evelyn.
Synonyms[edit]
- (to lead away from a course): offlead
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
turn aside
distract
entertain
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External links[edit]
- divert in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- divert in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
