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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Divert \Di*vert"\, verb (used without an object) To turn aside; to digress. [Obs.]
I diverted to see one of the prince's palaces. --Evelyn.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Divert \Di*vert"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Diverted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Diverting}.] [F. divertir, fr. L. divertere, diversum, to go different ways, turn aside; di- = dis- + vertere to turn. See {Verse}, and cf. {Divorce}.]
1. 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.
That crude apple that diverted Eve. --Milton.
2. 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.
We are amused by a tale, diverted by a comedy. --C. J. Smith.
Syn: To please; gratify; amuse; entertain; exhilarate; delight; recreate. See {Amuse}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
divert
verb
1: turn aside; turn away from [syn: {deviate}]
2: send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one
3: occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion; "The play amused the ladies" [syn: {amuse}, {disport}]
4: withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions [syn: {hive off}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
117 Moby Thesaurus words for "divert": absorb, abstract, abuse, alter, amuse, avert, befoul, beguile, bend, bias, blunt, call away, change, change course, chill, convert, convulse, cool, crook, curve, damp, dampen, debase, defalcate, defile, deflect, delight, depart, desecrate, detach, deter, detract, detract attention, deviate, diffract, diffuse, disaffect, discourage, disengage, disincline, disinterest, disperse, distort, distract, diverge, divert the mind, dogleg, embezzle, engage, enliven, entertain, exhilarate, foul, fracture one, gladden, hairpin, indispose, interest, kill, knock dead, loosen up, maladminister, misapply, misappropriate, misemploy, mishandle, mismanage, misuse, modify, occupy, peculate, pervert, pilfer, pivot, please, pollute, profane, prostitute, pull, put off, quench, raise a laugh, raise a smile, recreate, redirect, refract, refresh, regale, relax, repel, scatter, sheer, shift, sidetrack, skew, slay, solace, swerve, switch, tickle, titillate, turn, turn aside, turn away, turn from, turn off, twist, veer, violate, volte-face, warp, wean from, wheel, whip, whirl, wow, zigzag
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