deflectv.

/dɪˈflɛkt/

Etymology: < Latin dēflectĕre to bend aside, or downwards; < de- prefix 1a, 1b + flectĕre to bend.

I. transitive.

1. To bend down. Cf. deflected adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > posture > action or act of kneeling > kneel or assume kneeling posture [verb (transitive)]

kneea1616

deflect1630

to take a (also the) knee1960

1630 H. Lord Display Two Forraigne Sects 72 They pray with demissive eyelids..and with their knees deflected under them.

a. To bend or turn to one side or from a straight line; to change the direction of; to cause to deviate from its course.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > direct [verb (transitive)] > change the direction of

wrya1400

divert1548

wrench1582

break1600

deflect1615

deviate1660

wrest1759

sidetrack1887

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement of [verb (transitive)] > cause to deviate from course

charec1000

wrencha1200

turnc1275

to turn againc1330

swerve1390

wrya1400

reflectc1425

traverse1438

to turn aside1535

deduce1541

divert1548

to turn off1573

wrig1582

react1599

deflect1615

slent1639

decline1646

deviate1660

to wind off1677

sway1678

warp1814

switch1861

baffle1883

1615 T. Jackson Iustifying Faith 31 It would argue no error sometimes..to deflect our course.

1845 C. Darwin Jrnl. (ed. 2) xxi. 491 The current seemed to be deflected upwards from the face of the cliff.

1860 H. B. Tristram Great Sahara xvii. 287 The French..will do all in their power to deflect the stream of commerce to a more northerly channel.

1879 G. B. Prescott Speaking Telephone (new ed.) 1 In 1820, Oersted discovered that an electric current would deflect a magnetic needle.

b. Optics. To bend (a ray of light) from the straight line; esp. to bend away from a body.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > diffraction > diffract, deflect [verb (transitive)]

diffract1654

inflecta1727

deflect1796

1796 H. Brougham in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 86 264 The first knife deflected the images formed by the second, in precisely the same degree that it inflected those images which itself formed.

1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory i. p. xxxvi When a ray of light moving in a straight line passes within a certain distance of a body parallel to its direction, it bends towards the body, or is inflected; but when the body parallel to its course is at a greater distance, the ray is bent from it, or deflected.

1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight iii. 36 If we look at an object through a prism, the rays of light coming from it are deflected.

3. figurative (in reference to a course of action, conduct, and the like.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun > turn aside from > cause to

writhea1400

wrya1400

reflecta1500

reverta1500

withstand1508

reversec1540

declinea1555

evert1569

deflecta1575

divert1609

bias1628

blank1640

avert1697

shunt1858

sidetrack1887

ride1908

a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 66 To averte and deflect him from this enterprise.

1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes 2nd Pt. Don Quixote iv. ix. 118 Let me cleave to the Supporter from whom neither thy Importunity nor Threats..could once deflect me.

1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. i. 7 The personal and family motives which deflect the state policy of a prince who is his own minister.

1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. II. ix. 540 The evil of all attempts to deflect the judgment by hope or fear.

4. To turn or convert (a thing) to something different from its natural quality or use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > transform [verb (transitive)]

wendOE

forshapeOE

workOE

awendOE

makec1175

turna1200

forwenda1325

change1340

shape1362

transmewc1374

transposec1380

puta1382

convertc1384

exchangea1400

remue?a1400

makea1425

reduce?a1425

removec1425

resolvea1450

transvertc1450

overchangec1480

mew1512

transmutea1513

wring1524

reduct1548

transform1556

innovate1561

metamorphose1576

transume1579

metamorphize1587

transmove1590

transchangea1599

transfashion1601

deflect1613

fordo1624

entail1628

transmutate1632

distila1637

to make much (also little, something, nothing, etc.) of1637

transqualify1652

unconvert1654

simulate1658

spend1668

transverse1687

hocus-pocus1774

mutate1796

fancy1801

to change around1871

metamorphosize1888

catalyse1944

morph1996

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage vii. iii. 670 That Title of Prestegian (easily deflected and altered to Priest Iohn).

a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 109 How God's All-wise Superintending Will To greatest Good deflected greatest ill.

II. intransitive.

5. To turn to one side or from a straight line; to change its direction; to deviate from its course.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)] > diverge from course

bowa1000

swervec1330

wrya1350

crookc1380

to turn asidea1382

depart1393

decline14..

wryc1400

divert1430

desvoy1481

wave1548

digress1552

prevaricate1582

yaw1584

to turn off1605

to come off1626

deviate1635

sag1639

to flinch out1642

deflect1646

de-err1657

break1678

verge1693

sheera1704

to break off1725

lean1894

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. ii At some parts of the Azores it [the needle] deflecteth not, but lyeth in the true meridian.

1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth i. 49 They seem to deflect from that great Circle in which they before were seen to move.

1726 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. (ed. 2) I. i. §71. 155 The same part of the Moon is turned towards the Earth, or at least does not deflect much from it.

1879 R. H. Elliot Written on their Foreheads II. 6 Then deflecting a little to their right, they got on a long ridge of grassy hill.

6. figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > change of opinion > change one's opinion [verb (intransitive)]

bowa1000

forthinkc1380

to think again1493

recogitate1603

deflect1612

wheel1632

to turn round1808

to flop (over)1884

budge1930

1612 T. James Life Father Parsons in Iesuits Downefall 59 Kings do deflect from the Catholike Religion.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. x Many creatures exposed to the ayre, deflect in extremity from their naturall colours.

1753–4 W. Warburton Serm. Nat. & Rev. Relig. ii The Mind..can, every moment, deflect from the line of truth and reason.

1879 M. Arnold Equality in Mixed Ess. 81 The points where this type deflects from the truly humane ideal.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	deflect
释义	deflectadj. /dɪˈflɛkt/ Etymology: formed as deflect v. after participial forms in -ct, as erect. Deflected, bent aside. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adjective] > turning or able to face any direction > turned away diverted1608 aversed1609 aversea1682 averted1704 deflect1851 1851 E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows ii. xii. 105 So, swept..The marshalled thousands,—not an eye deflect To left or right. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021). deflectv. /dɪˈflɛkt/ Etymology: < Latin dēflectĕre to bend aside, or downwards; < de- prefix 1a, 1b + flectĕre to bend. I. transitive. 1. To bend down. Cf. deflected adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or act of kneeling > kneel or assume kneeling posture [verb (transitive)] kneea1616 deflect1630 to take a (also the) knee1960 1630 H. Lord Display Two Forraigne Sects 72 They pray with demissive eyelids..and with their knees deflected under them. 2. a. To bend or turn to one side or from a straight line; to change the direction of; to cause to deviate from its course. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > direct [verb (transitive)] > change the direction of wrya1400 divert1548 wrench1582 break1600 deflect1615 deviate1660 wrest1759 sidetrack1887 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement of [verb (transitive)] > cause to deviate from course charec1000 wrencha1200 turnc1275 to turn againc1330 swerve1390 wrya1400 reflectc1425 traverse1438 to turn aside1535 deduce1541 divert1548 to turn off1573 wrig1582 react1599 deflect1615 slent1639 decline1646 deviate1660 to wind off1677 sway1678 warp1814 switch1861 baffle1883 1615 T. Jackson Iustifying Faith 31 It would argue no error sometimes..to deflect our course. 1845 C. Darwin Jrnl. (ed. 2) xxi. 491 The current seemed to be deflected upwards from the face of the cliff. 1860 H. B. Tristram Great Sahara xvii. 287 The French..will do all in their power to deflect the stream of commerce to a more northerly channel. 1879 G. B. Prescott Speaking Telephone (new ed.) 1 In 1820, Oersted discovered that an electric current would deflect a magnetic needle. b. Optics. To bend (a ray of light) from the straight line; esp. to bend away from a body. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > diffraction > diffract, deflect [verb (transitive)] diffract1654 inflecta1727 deflect1796 1796 H. Brougham in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 86 264 The first knife deflected the images formed by the second, in precisely the same degree that it inflected those images which itself formed. 1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory i. p. xxxvi When a ray of light moving in a straight line passes within a certain distance of a body parallel to its direction, it bends towards the body, or is inflected; but when the body parallel to its course is at a greater distance, the ray is bent from it, or deflected. 1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight iii. 36 If we look at an object through a prism, the rays of light coming from it are deflected. 3. figurative (in reference to a course of action, conduct, and the like.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun > turn aside from > cause to writhea1400 wrya1400 reflecta1500 reverta1500 withstand1508 reversec1540 declinea1555 evert1569 deflecta1575 divert1609 bias1628 blank1640 avert1697 shunt1858 sidetrack1887 ride1908 a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 66 To averte and deflect him from this enterprise. 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes 2nd Pt. Don Quixote iv. ix. 118 Let me cleave to the Supporter from whom neither thy Importunity nor Threats..could once deflect me. 1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. i. 7 The personal and family motives which deflect the state policy of a prince who is his own minister. 1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. II. ix. 540 The evil of all attempts to deflect the judgment by hope or fear. 4. To turn or convert (a thing) to something different from its natural quality or use. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > transform [verb (transitive)] wendOE forshapeOE workOE awendOE makec1175 turna1200 forwenda1325 change1340 shape1362 transmewc1374 transposec1380 puta1382 convertc1384 exchangea1400 remue?a1400 makea1425 reduce?a1425 removec1425 resolvea1450 transvertc1450 overchangec1480 mew1512 transmutea1513 wring1524 reduct1548 transform1556 innovate1561 metamorphose1576 transume1579 metamorphize1587 transmove1590 transchangea1599 transfashion1601 deflect1613 fordo1624 entail1628 transmutate1632 distila1637 to make much (also little, something, nothing, etc.) of1637 transqualify1652 unconvert1654 simulate1658 spend1668 transverse1687 hocus-pocus1774 mutate1796 fancy1801 to change around1871 metamorphosize1888 catalyse1944 morph1996 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage vii. iii. 670 That Title of Prestegian (easily deflected and altered to Priest Iohn). a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 109 How God's All-wise Superintending Will To greatest Good deflected greatest ill. II. intransitive. 5. To turn to one side or from a straight line; to change its direction; to deviate from its course. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)] > diverge from course bowa1000 swervec1330 wrya1350 crookc1380 to turn asidea1382 depart1393 decline14.. wryc1400 divert1430 desvoy1481 wave1548 digress1552 prevaricate1582 yaw1584 to turn off1605 to come off1626 deviate1635 sag1639 to flinch out1642 deflect1646 de-err1657 break1678 verge1693 sheera1704 to break off1725 lean1894 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. ii At some parts of the Azores it [the needle] deflecteth not, but lyeth in the true meridian. View more context for this quotation 1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth i. 49 They seem to deflect from that great Circle in which they before were seen to move. 1726 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. (ed. 2) I. i. §71. 155 The same part of the Moon is turned towards the Earth, or at least does not deflect much from it. 1879 R. H. Elliot Written on their Foreheads II. 6 Then deflecting a little to their right, they got on a long ridge of grassy hill. 6. figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > change of opinion > change one's opinion [verb (intransitive)] bowa1000 forthinkc1380 to think again1493 recogitate1603 deflect1612 wheel1632 to turn round1808 to flop (over)1884 budge1930 1612 T. James Life Father Parsons in Iesuits Downefall 59 Kings do deflect from the Catholike Religion. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. x Many creatures exposed to the ayre, deflect in extremity from their naturall colours. View more context for this quotation 1753–4 W. Warburton Serm. Nat. & Rev. Relig. ii The Mind..can, every moment, deflect from the line of truth and reason. 1879 M. Arnold Equality in Mixed Ess. 81 The points where this type deflects from the truly humane ideal. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1851v.a1575
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deflectadj.

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