All 3 Uses of
divert
in
Frankenstein
- Some of my comrades groaned, and my own mind began to grow watchful with anxious thoughts, when a strange sight suddenly attracted our attention and diverted our solicitude from our own situation.
Chpt Intr.diverted = distracted
- In some degree, also, they diverted my mind from the thoughts over which it had brooded for the last month.
Chpt 10
- Thus Elizabeth endeavoured to divert her thoughts and mine from all reflection upon melancholy subjects.
Chpt 22 *divert = distractstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in undiverted means not and reverses the meaning of diverted. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definition:
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(divert as in: divert her attention) to distract someone's attention or (more rarely) to entertain