Divert
Divert , transitive verb
[French divertir, from Latin divertere, diversum, to go different ways, turn aside; di- = dis- + vertere to turn. See Verse, and compare 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.
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.
Divert , intransitive verb
To turn aside; to digress. [Obsolete]
I diverted to see one of the prince's palaces.