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Definition of Divert
1. Verb. Turn aside; turn away from.
Generic synonyms: Turn
Specialized synonyms: Yaw, Detour, Depart, Digress, Sidetrack, Straggle
Derivative terms: Deviation, Diversion
2. Verb. Send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one.
3. Verb. Occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion. "The performance is likely to divert Sue"; "The play amused the ladies"
Generic synonyms: Entertain
Derivative terms: Amusement, Amusive, Diversion
4. Verb. Withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions.
Definition of Divert
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. i. To turn aside; to digress.
Definition of Divert
1. Verb. (transitive) To turn aside from a course. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To distract. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To entertain or amuse (by diverting the attention) ¹
4. Verb. (obsolete intransitive) To turn aside; to digress. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Divert
1. to turn aside [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Divert
Literary usage of Divert
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of Railways: Embracing the Law of Corporations, Eminent Domain by Isaac Fletcher Redfield (1888)
"And it is not essential to the right of the company to divert the stream, that
an express grant for that purpose should be contained in the inquisition. ..."
2. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"Neither did I but vacant seasons spend In this my scribble; nor did I intend But
to divert ... divert ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"See divert. Der. divorce, verb, divorc-er, divorc£-ment. DIVULGE, to publish,
reveal. (F..-L.) In Shak. Merry Wives, iii. 2. 43. — F. divulguer, 'to divulge ..."
4. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"In order to divert his thoughts, he went to the opera, where a ballet was being
performed. He listened to the music, looked at the danseuses through his ..."
5. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1903)
"That no Incorporation of any company or companies to supply water for the purposes
of Irrigation and other purpose« shall have any right to divert the usual ..."
6. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1807)
"... endeavoured to divert them by all the arguments they could. ... Council of
Officers, and others, (who were called the Court party), could not divert the ..."
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