Thesaurus: divert
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.
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Definitions
- v. t. 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.
- v. t. 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.
- v. i. To turn aside; to digress.
- v. turn aside; turn away from
- v. send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one
- v. occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
- v. withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions
- v:100 v. send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one v. withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions