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deturning

deturning is the present participle and gerund 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 deturning

What is deturning the present participle and gerund of?
Deturning is the present participle and gerund of deturn.

Words near deturning in the dictionary

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

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