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Definition of Diverts
1. divert [v] - See also: divert
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diverts
Literary usage of Diverts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... arrive** in England; went *o Sweden—Spencer arrives at Gibraltar—Ceuta, the
object of his expedition—Spanish insurrection diverts his attention to Cadiz ..."
2. The Anatomy of melancholy v. 3 by Robert Burton (1875)
"Man's best possession is a loving wife, She tempers anger and diverts all strife."
There is no joy, no comfort, no sweetness, no pleasure in the world like ..."
3. The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1837)
"There is a ridiculous marriage on the point of conclusion that diverts me much.
You know Lady Mary Sanderson: she is making over her discreet person and ..."
4. A Plurality of Worlds by Fontenelle (Bernard Le Bovier), John Glanvill (1702)
"... while it diverts innocently, but no longer. I will engage for it till to
morrow, I reply d, for the fix'd Stars are beyond what you have yet feen. ..."
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