Definition of divert

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

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Divertisement :: Divertisement (n.) Diversion; amusement; recreation.
Divert :: Divert (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..
Diverting :: Diverting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Diver.
Diverter :: Diverter (n.) One who, or that which, diverts, turns off, or pleases..
Divertissement :: Divertissement (n.) A short ballet, or other entertainment, between the acts of a play..
Pervert :: Pervert (v. t.) To turnanother way; to divert.
Divertible :: Divertible (a.) Capable of being diverted.
Relax :: Relax (n.) Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind..
Enteropneusta :: Enteropneusta (n. pl.) A group of wormlike invertebrates having, along the sides of the body, branchial openings for the branchial sacs, which are formed by diverticula of the alimentary canal. Balanoglossus is the only known genus. See Illustration in Appendix..
Entertainment :: Entertainment (n.) That which entertains, or with which one is entertained; as: (a) Hospitality; hospitable provision for the wants of a guest; especially, provision for the table; a hospitable repast; a feast; a formal or elegant meal. (b) That which engages the attention agreeably, amuses or diverts, whether in private, as by conversation, etc., or in public, by performances of some kind; amusement..
Diversion :: Diversion (n.) That which diverts; that which turns or draws the mind from care or study, and thus relaxes and amuses; sport; play; pastime; as, the diversions of youth..
Divert :: Divert (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..
Invert :: Invert (v. t.) To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
Beguiling :: Beguiling (a.) Alluring by guile; deluding; misleading; diverting.
Beguile :: Beguile (v. t.) To cause the time of to pass without notice; to relieve the tedium or weariness of; to while away; to divert.
Diversion :: Diversion (n.) The act of drawing the attention and force of an enemy from the point where the principal attack is to be made; the attack, alarm, or feint which diverts..
Diverted :: Diverted (imp. & p. p.) of Diver.
Divertise :: Divertise (v. t.) To divert; to entertain.
By-pass :: By-pass (n.) A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course..
Derive :: Derive (v. t.) To turn the course of, as water; to divert and distribute into subordinate channels; to diffuse; to communicate; to transmit; -- followed by to, into, on, upon..
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