[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

divert \divert"\, v. t. 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.
      1913 webster

            that crude apple that diverted eve.   --milton.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            we are amused by a tale, diverted by a comedy. --c.
                                                  j. smith.

   syn: to please; gratify; amuse; entertain; exhilarate;
        delight; recreate. see amuse.
        1913 webster
see also:
diverted diverting verse divorce amuse 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

divert \divert"\, v. i.
   to turn aside; to digress. obs.
   1913 webster

         i diverted to see one of the prince's palaces.
                                                  --evelyn.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

divert
     v 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
see also:
deviate amuse disport hive off 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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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