Both Uses of
divert
in
Jane Eyre
- This is legitimate, et j'y tiens, as Adele would say; and it is by virtue of this superiority, and this alone, that I desire you to have the goodness to talk to me a little now, and divert my thoughts, which are galled with dwelling on one point — cankering as a rusty nail."†
Chpt 14
- She was really hungry, so the chicken and tarts served to divert her attention for a time.†
Chpt 17 *
Definition:
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(divert as in: divert the traffic or funds) to change the direction of something, or the purpose for which it is used