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Webster 1913 Edition
Divert
Di-vert′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Diverted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Diverting
.] 1.
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. Milton.
2.
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.
Syn. – To please; gratify; amuse; entertain; exhilarate; delight; recreate. See
Amuse
. Di-vert′
,Verb.
I.
To turn aside; to digress.
[Obs.]
I
diverted
to see one of the prince’s palaces. Evelyn.
Webster 1828 Edition
Divert
DIVERT
,Verb.
T.
1.
To turn off from any course, direction or intended application; to turn aside; as, to divert a river from its usual channel; to divert commerce from its usual course; to divert appropriated money to other objects; to divert a man from his purpose.2.
To turn the mind from business or study; hence, to please; to amuse; to entertain; to exhilarate. Children are diverted with sports; men are diverted with works of wit and humor; low minds are diverted with buffoonery in stage-playing.3.
To draw the forces of an enemy to a different point.4.
To subvert. [Not in use.]