To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended application; to deflect; as, to divert a river from its channel; to divert commerce from its usual course.
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To part; to divide; to separate.
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A turning; a circuitous route; a deviation from a direct course; as, the detours of the Mississippi.
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To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.
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To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or spea…
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The course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to be passed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a march.
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To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line of battle; as, when troops are on the…
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To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.
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Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.
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To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.
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To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep.
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To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger.
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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…
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To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…
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A wandering about or going astray; digression.
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A wandering about or going astray; digression.
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To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.
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To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.
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Play; sport; pastime; diversion; playfulness.
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