verb
To deflect
turn aside, redirect, avert; see turn 3, veer.
To amuse
entertain, engage, distract, beguile; see amuse, entertain 1.
To distract
attract the attention of, sidetrack, disturb; see distract 1. See syn. study at amuse.
See divert in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
To change the direction or course of:
To persuade (a person) not to do something:
To occupy in an agreeable or pleasing way:
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