divert

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  1. transitive verb To turn aside from a course or direction: Traffic was diverted around the scene of the accident.
  2. transitive verb To distract: My attention was diverted by an argument between motorists.
  3. transitive verb To entertain by distracting the attention from worrisome thoughts or cares; amuse. See Synonyms at amuse.
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  • You decide to execute a short-range divert, aiming to land to the right of your initial target —  Media Newswire
  • And of course it's absolutely alright to change an application directly, not use dpkg-divert or similar, and then complain wildly about how unfair an upgrade of the package replaced that file. —  Planet Debian
  • Now, if I can figure out how to install DVD Styler on this system, and if RPM had an equivalent to dpkg-divert (if it does, I apologize for missing it in the manpage), I wouldn't even consider going back to Ubuntu. —  digg.com: Stories / Popular
  • All forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and involve inherent risks and uncertainties, including factors that could delay, divert or change any of them, and could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from current expectations. —  StreetInsider.com News Articles
  • Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and involve inherent risks and uncertainties, including factors that could delay, divert or change any of them, and could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from current expectations. —  Health News from Medical News Today
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divert:   diverting ·  diverted
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English diverten, from Old French divertir, from Latin dīvertere : dī-, dis-, aside; see dis- + vertere, to turn; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English diverten = Dutch diverteren = German divertiren = Danish divertere = Swedish divertera, from Old French divertir, French divertir = Spanish Portuguese divertir = Italian divertire, divertere, from Latin divertere, divortere, turn or go different ways, part, separate, divert, from di- for dis-, apart, + vertere, vortere, turn: see verse. Cf. avert, advert, convert, evert, invert, etc.
 

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