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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
turn about en · ADV
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(not-comparable) Synonym of turn and turn about.
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turn and turn about
turn about en · NOUN
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(alt-of, alternative, rare) Alternative spelling of turnabout.
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turn about en · VERB
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(intransitive, obsolete) To revolve.
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(dated, intransitive) To reverse one's position; to turn round.
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(obsolete, reflexive) To turn (oneself) around.
Jesus tourned him about, and behelde her saynge: Doughter be off goode comforte, thy fayth hath made the safe.
1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew viij:
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(transitive) To change or reverse the position of.
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(transitive) To turn (something) one way and then another; to move about.
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