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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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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. v. i. To turn aside; to digress.
  4. v. turn aside; turn away from
  5. v. send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one
  6. v. occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
  7. v. withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions
  8. 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