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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. Milton.

One who, or that which, diverts, turns off, or pleases.

Capable of being diverted.

A diverticulum.

Pertaining to a diverticulum.

A blind tube branching out of a longer one.

) A light and pleasing composition.

Amusing; entertaining. -- Di*vert"ing*ly, adv. -- Di*vert"ing*ness, n.

To divert; to entertain. [Obs.] Dryden.

Diversion; amusement; recreation. [R.]

A short ballet, or other entertainment, between the acts of a play. Smart.

Tending to divert; diverting; amusing; interesting. Things of a pleasant and divertive nature. Rogers.

Not to be diverted or turned aside. [R.] Lamb.

entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing or mirthful emotions; to divert. A group children amusing themselves with pushing stones from the top [of the cliff], and watching as they plunged into the lake. Gilpin.

Diverted.

Giving amusement; diverting; as, an amusing story. -- A*mus"ing*ly, adv.

To delude or trick, -- esp. by way of jest. [Obs.] We diverted ourselves with bantering several poor scholars with hopes of being at least his lordship's chaplain. De Foe.

time of to pass without notice; to relieve the tedium or weariness of; to while away; to divert. Ballads . . . to beguile his incessant wayfaring. W. Irving.

Alluring by guile; deluding; misleading; diverting. -- Be*guil"ing*ly, adv.

Characteristic of, or like, a buffoon. "Buffoon stories." Macaulay. To divert the audience with buffoon postures and antic dances. Melmoth.