All 4 Uses of
divert
in
The Aeneid
- So Fate will have it, and Jove adds his force; Nor can my pow'r divert their happy course.†
Book 1
- While thus she fills the house with clam'rous cries, Our hearing is diverted by our eyes: For, while I held my son, in the short space Betwixt our kisses and our last embrace; Strange to relate, from young Iulus' head A lambent flame arose, which gently spread Around his brows, and on his temples fed.†
Book 2
- 'T is fate diverts our course, and fate we must obey.†
Book 5 *
- Thus while the Trojan and Arcadian horse To Pallantean tow'rs direct their course, In long procession rank'd, the pious chief Stopp'd in the rear, and gave a vent to grief: "The public care," he said, "which war attends, Diverts our present woes, at least suspends.†
Book 11
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