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(1):

(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.

(2):

(v. i.) To turn aside; to digress.

(3):

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Divert'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/divert.html. 1828.
 
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