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Definition of Deterred
1. deter [v] - See also: deter
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Literary usage of Deterred
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1. Walden; Or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau (1893)
"For my own part, I was never so effectually deterred from frequenting a man's
house, by any kind of Cerberus whatever, as by the parade one made about ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1883)
"that, but the two statements could not harmonize, and I see you use the word 'deter;'
it would have deterred you." "That is true. ..."
3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"This momentarily checked the charge and rendered it less effective, the Indians
getting out on the plain, where their immense numbers deterred any further ..."
4. The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States by United States Dept. of State, Francis Wharton, John Bassett Moore (1889)
"... our own exertions to procure it, but am deterred from this measure by the
weight which it might possibly give to Mr. Deane's ill-founded assertions. ..."
5. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Proverbs by Crawford Howell Toy (1899)
"is improbable — the sluggard is deterred not by cold, but by laziness ; from the
beginning of autumn on (De. Str.) is possible, but less natural than in ..."
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