Verb

(en verb)

To turn aside from a course.

The workers diverted the stream away from the road.

* Milton

that crude apple that diverted Eve

To distract.

Don't let him divert your attention; keep your eye on the ball.

To entertain or amuse (by diverting the attention)

* C. J. Smith

We are amused by a tale, diverted by a comedy.

(obsolete) To turn aside; to digress.

I diverted to see one of the prince's palaces. — Evelyn.

Verb

(deceiv)

To trick or mislead.

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, year=2012 , date=April 26 , author=Tasha Robinson , title=Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits : , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=Hungry for fame and the approval of rare-animal collector Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton), Darwin deceives the Captain and his crew into believing they can get enough booty to win the pirate competition by entering Polly in a science fair. So the pirates journey to London in cheerful, blinkered defiance of the Queen, a hotheaded schemer whose royal crest reads simply “I hate pirates.” }}