1. To turn aside from a course or direction: Traffic was diverted around the scene of the accident.2. To distract: My attention was diverted by an argument between motorists.3. To entertain by distracting the attention from worrisome thoughts or cares; amuse. See synonyms at amuse.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
To turn aside.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English diverten, from Old French divertir, from Latin dvertere : d-, dis-, aside; see dis– + vertere, to turn; see wer-2 in Appendix I.
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