divert

Definition

To turn aside from a course.

Etymology

From Middle English diverten, Old French divertir (“to turn or go different ways, part, separate, divert”), from Latin di- (“apart”) + vertere (“to turn”); see verse.

Example Sentences

• "The workers diverted the stream away from the road."
• "Many of the remaining trains have been retimed and where possible freight trains have also been diverted to alternative routes."
• "Until the main road from Hatfield to Hertford was diverted a few years ago, heavy lorries trundling through the village sometimes knocked chunks off corner buildings, but now the village has regained much of its former tranquillity."

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