Sentence:  The method of running an electric motor herein set out, which consists in starting the motor with the two halves of its armature in series with a resistance in a two-pole field, then gradually cutting out the resistance, then including the resistance and <WSD>shunting</WSD> one-half the motor, then opening the circuit of the shunted half and throwing the two halves of the motor in multiple in a four-pole field, and finally, cutting out the resistance. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To divert electric current by providing an alternative path.