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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Steer  \Steer\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Steered};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Steering}.]  [OE.  steeren,  steren,  AS  sti['e]ran,  st?ran, 
  ste['o]ran;  akin  to  OFries  stiora  stiura  D.  sturen  OD 
  stieren  G.  steuren,  OHG.  stiuren  to  direct,  support,  G. 
  steuer  contribution,  tax,  Icel.  st?ra  to  steer,  govern,Sw. 
  styra,  Dan.  styre,  Goth.  stiurjan  to  establish,  AS  ste['o]r 
  a  rudder,  a  helm,  and  probably  to  Icel.  staurr  a  pale,  stake, 
  Gr  ?,  and  perhaps  ultimately  to  E.  stand  [root]168.  Cf 
  {Starboard},  {Stern},  n.] 
  To  direct  the  course  of  to  guide;  to  govern;  --  applied 
  especially  to  a  vessel  in  the  water. 
 
  That  with  a  staff  his  feeble  steps  did  steer. 
  --Spenser. 




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