Both Uses of
divert
in
The Idiot
- "There is much that might be improved in him," said the prince, moderately, "but he has some qualities which—though amid them one cannot but discern a cunning nature—reveal what is often a diverting intellect."†
Chpt 4.4 *
- During the next fortnight—that is, through the early part of July—the history of our hero was circulated in the form of strange, diverting, most unlikely-sounding stories, which passed from mouth to mouth, through the streets and villas adjoining those inhabited by Lebedeff, Ptitsin, Nastasia Philipovna and the Epanchins; in fact, pretty well through the whole town and its environs.†
Chpt 4.9
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