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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Turn \Turn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr & vb n.
{Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF tourner, torner,
turner, F. tourner, LL tornare fr L. tornare to turn in a
lathe, to rounds off fr tornus a lathe, Gr ? a turner's
chisel, a carpenter's tool for drawing circles; probably akin
to E. throw. See {Throw}, and cf {Attorney}, {Return},
{Tornado}, {Tour}, {Tournament}.]
1. To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to
give circular motion to to cause to revolve; to cause to
move round, either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to
make to change position so as to present other sides in
given directions; to make to face otherwise; as to turn a
wheel or a spindle; to turn the body or the head.
Turn the adamantine spindle round. --Milton.
The monarch turns him to his royal guest. --Pope.
2. To cause to present a different side uppermost or outmost;
to make the upper side the lower, or the inside to be the
outside of to reverse the position of as to turn a box
or a board; to turn a coat.
3. To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to to
direct otherwise; to deflect; to incline differently; --
used both literally and figuratively; as to turn the eyes
to the heavens; to turn a horse from the road, or a ship
from her course; to turn the attention to or from
something ``Expert when to advance, or stand or turn
the sway of battle.'' --Milton.
Thrice I deluded her and turned to sport Her
importunity. --Milton.
My thoughts are turned on peace. --Addison.
4. To change from a given use or office; to divert, as to
another purpose or end to transfer; to use or employ; to
apply; to devote.
Therefore he slew him and turned the kingdom unto
David. --1 Chron. x.
14.
God will make these evils the occasion of a greater
good, by turning them to advantage in this world.
--Tillotson.
When the passage is open land will be turned most
to cattle; when shut, to sheep. --Sir W.
Temple.
5. To change the form quality, aspect, or effect of to
alter; to metamorphose; to convert; to transform; -- often
with to or into before the word denoting the effect or
product of the change; as to turn a worm into a winged
insect; to turn green to blue; to turn prose into verse;
to turn a Whig to a Tory, or a Hindu to a Christian; to
turn good to evil, and the like
The Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have
compassion upon thee. --Deut. xxx.
3.
And David said O Lord, I pray thee, turn the
counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. --2 Sam. xv
31.
Impatience turns an ague into a fever. --Jer.
Taylor.
6. To form in a lathe; to shape or fashion anything by
applying a cutting tool to it while revolving; as to turn
the legs of stools or tables; to turn ivory or metal.
I had rather hear a brazen canstick turned. --Shak.
7. Hence to give form to to shape; to mold; to put in
proper condition; to adapt. ``The poet's pen turns them to
shapes.'' --Shak.
His limbs how turned, how broad his shoulders spread
! --Pope.
He was perfectly well turned for trade --Addison.
8. Specifically:
a To translate; to construe; as to turn the Iliad.
Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown.
--Pope.
b To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as
to turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly.
c To sicken; to nauseate; as an emetic turns one's
stomach.
{To be turned of}, be advanced beyond; as to be turned of
sixty-six.
{To turn a cold shoulder to}, to treat with neglect or
indifference.
{To turn a corner}, to go round a corner.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
turned
adj 1: moved around an axis or center [ant: {unturned}]
2: in an unpalatable state; "sour milk" [syn: {off}, {sour}]
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