† deturnv.
/dɪˈtəːn/ Obsolete.
transitive. To turn away or aside; to divert, cause to deviate.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement of [verb (transitive)]
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a1450 Knt. de la Tour ci. 134 To deturne hym from eueri euelle dede.
1607 Sc. Act Jas. VI (1816) 388 (Jam.) To alter and deturne a litill the said way to the..better travelling for the lieges.
1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xi. 94 The force that can deturne a feather from its course downewardes, is not able to deturne a stone.
1745 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 30 Apr. (1932) (modernized text) III. 605 Let nothing deturn you from the thing you are about.
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