Both Uses of
divert
in
Dubliners
- He met her again a few weeks afterwards at a concert in Earlsfort Terrace and seized the moments when her daughter's attention was diverted to become intimate.†
Chpt 11
- To keep the audience continually diverted she slipped the doubtful items in between the old favourites.†
Chpt 13 *
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