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deflect \de*flect"\ (d[-e]*fl[e^]kt"), 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; to deflect a punch; to deflect criticism by
acknowledging a mistake.
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Sitting with their knees deflected under them. --Lord
(1630).
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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.
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At some part of the Azores, the needle deflecteth not,
but lieth in the true meridian. --Sir T.
Browne.
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To deflect from the line of truth and reason.
--Warburton.
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