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de⋅flect

  [di-flekt]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
to bend or turn aside; turn from a true course or straight line; swerve.
Origin:
1545–55; < L dēflectere to bend down, turn aside, equiv. to dē- de- + flectere to bend, turn

Related forms:
de⋅flect⋅a⋅ble, adjective
de⋅flec⋅tor, noun
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de·flect   (dĭ-flěkt')   
intr. & tr.v.   de·flect·ed, de·flect·ing, de·flects
To turn aside or cause to turn aside; bend or deviate.

[Latin dēflectere : dē-, de- + flectere, to bend.]
de·flect'a·ble adj., de·flec'tive adj., de·flec'tor n.
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Word Origin & History

deflect 
c.1555, from L. deflectere "to bend aside or downward," from de- "away" + flectere "to bend." Originally transitive, the intrans. sense is first recorded 1646.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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