divert.
To turn aside from a course.
Meaning & usage
To turn aside from a course.
The workers diverted the stream away from the road.
To distract.
Don't let him divert your attention; keep your eye on the ball.
To entertain or amuse (by diverting the attention)
To turn aside; to digress.
Where this word comes from
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.
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