Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo prevent something from happening. · To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage. · To distract someone from something.
Borrowed from Latin dēterreō (“deter, discourage”), from de (“from”) + terreō (“to frighten”).
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- Borrowed-form mentiondēterreōla
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