DETER
\dɪtˈɜː], \dɪtˈɜː], \d_ɪ_t_ˈɜː]\
Definitions of DETER
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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To prevent by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc.
By Oddity Software
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To prevent by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc.
By Noah Webster.
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To discourage, or hinder, by fear; restrain; dishearten.
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Deterred.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To hinder by fear; to discourage by considerations of danger, difficulty, or great inconvenience.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
