deturn en · VERB
Etymology
From de- + turn. Compare detour.
Meanings
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(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 ſtone
1644, 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 Reasonable Soules, Paris: […] Gilles Blaizot, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| deturning | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| deturned | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| deturned | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| deturns | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |