Definition of "divert"

divert

/daɪˈvɜːt/

verb
third-person singular simple present diverts, present participle diverting, simple past and past participle diverted
1. (transitive) To turn aside from a course.
  Quotations
  Many of the remaining trains have been retimed and where possible freight trains have also been diverted to alternative routes.
  1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 99
2. (transitive) To distract.
  Quotations
  that crude apple that diverted Eve
  , [John Milton], Of Education. To Master Samuel Hartlib, [London: […] Thomas Underhill and/or Thomas Johnson]
3. (transitive) To entertain or amuse (by diverting the attention)
  Quotations
  We are amused by a tale, diverted by a comedy.
  1871, Charles John Smith, Synonyms Discriminated
4. (obsolete, intransitive) To turn aside; to digress.
  Quotations
  I diverted to see one of the prince's palaces.
  1641 September 7 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819