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deturn

deturn verb: to turn away; to divert or deflect.

Verb

deturn (third-person singular simple present deturns, present participle deturning, simple past and past participle deturned)

  1. (obsolete) To turn away; to divert or deflect.
    • the force that can deturn a feather from its course downwards, is not able to deturn a ſtone1644, Kenelme [i.e., Kenelm] Digby, Two Treatises. In the One of which, the Nature of Bodies; in the Other, the Nature of Mans Soule; is Looked into: In Way of Discovery, of the Immortality of...

Forms of deturn

third-person singular presentdeturns
present participledeturning
past participledeturned
pastdeturned

Origin of deturn

From de- + turn. Compare detour.

Questions about deturn

What does deturn mean?
Deturn means to turn away; to divert or deflect.
What part of speech is deturn?
Deturn is a verb.
What is the past tense of deturn?
The past tense of deturn is deturned.

Words near deturn in the dictionary

  1. deturbed
  2. deturbing
  3. deturbs
  4. deturgescence
  5. deturgescent
  6. deturn
  7. deturned
  8. deturning
  9. deturns
  10. deturpate
  11. deturpated

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