- Divert - Divert attention of - Separated; drawn asunder. - Insane; mad. - To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin. - To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different
directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to
distract the attention. - To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of
motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.