( v. t. )
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.
( v. t. )
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012