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deturned

deturned is the simple past and past participle of deturn.

Meaning of deturn

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...

Questions about deturned

What is deturned the simple past and past participle of?
Deturned is the simple past and past participle of deturn.

Words near deturned in the dictionary

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

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