to entertain or amuse someone.
The clown diverted the party guests with his tricks.
She diverted us with funny stories during the trip.
✦ From late Middle English diverten, from Old French divertir, from Latin dīvertere, from dī- (variant of dis- 'apart') + vertere ('to turn').
to cause something or someone to change direction or take a different route from the original one.
Police officers diverted the cars around the road closure.
Engineers had to divert the river to build the new bridge.
to distract someone's attention from something.
The funny video diverted her attention from her homework.
He tried to divert the children's attention with a magic trick.
