to divert to
1divert — di‧vert [daɪˈvɜːt, d ǁ ɜːrt] verb [transitive] COMMERCE to spend money or make an effort in a new area of business or a new product: divert something into • The company should divert more resources into research. * * * divert UK US /daɪˈvɜːt/… …
2Divert — Di*vert , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Diverted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Diverting}.] [F. divertir, fr. L. divertere, diversum, to go different ways, turn aside; di = dis + vertere to turn. See {Verse}, and cf. {Divorce}.] 1. To turn aside; to turn off from… …
3divert — di·vert /də vərt, dī / vt 1: to turn from one course or use to another funds illegally divert ed 2: to place (a defendant) under a diversion di·vert·er n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law …
4divert — [v1] turn a different direction alter, avert, change, deflect, modify, pivot, redirect, sheer, swerve, switch, turn aside, veer, volte face, wheel, whip, whirl; concepts 187,213 Ant. be direct, keep to, maintain, stay divert [v2] amuse, entertain …
5Divert — Di*vert , v. i. To turn aside; to digress. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I diverted to see one of the prince s palaces. Evelyn. [1913 Webster] …
6divert by appeal — index dissuade, expostulate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
7divert by persuasion — index expostulate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
8divert from — index deter, dissuade Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
9divert from its course — index detour, deviate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
10divert from original use — index estrange Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
