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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deflect \De*flect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deflected}; p. pr & vb n. {Deflecting}.] [L. deflectere de- + flectere to bend or turn. See {Flexible}.] To cause to turn aside; to bend; as rays of light are often deflected. Sitting with their knees deflected under them --Lord (1630). From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deflect \De*flect"\, v. i. To turn aside; to deviate from a right or a horizontal line or from a proper position, course or direction; to swerve. At some part of the Azores, the needle deflecteth not but lieth in the true meridian. --Sir T. Browne. To deflect from the line of truth and reason. --Warburton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: deflect v 1: prevent the occurrence of prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" [syn: {debar}, {obviate}, {avert}, {head off}, {stave off}, {fend off}, {avoid}, {ward off}] 2: turn from a straight course or fixed direction [syn: {bend}, {turn away}] 3: turn aside [syn: {deviate}] 4: draw someone's attention away from something [syn: {distract}, {draw away}] 5: impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball), as in sports or fights; "block an attack" [syn: {parry}, {block}]
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