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Definition of Diverted
1. Adjective. Pleasantly occupied. "We are not amused"
Definition of Diverted
1. Adjective. that has been subject to diversion ¹
2. Verb. (past of divert) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Diverted
1. divert [v] - See also: divert
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diverted
Literary usage of Diverted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1890)
"... and also an account of the amount of earnings diverted by the consolidation,
prior to the appointment of a receiver, and an account of the amount of ..."
2. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1874)
"... diverted, it ¡в no worse if they are diverted in that way than if they were
squandered by our descendants. A national Church, established and endowed, ..."
3. Thucydides Translated Into English by Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides (1881)
"At length he drained the canal and diverted the water, thus leaving their ships
high and dry and joining nearly the whole island to the mainland. ..."
4. Nature by Norman Lockyer, Nature Publishing Group (1875)
"... would he if the river were in a state of nature, and if a large portion of
its flood-water were not diverted by man lor the purposes of irrigation. ..."
5. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"The castellan, when these things were reported to him, sent me another mattress.
Thereafter, when I searched my memory to find what could have diverted me ..."
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