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Definition of Deters
1. deter [v] - See also: deter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deters
Literary usage of Deters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1822)
"His work u so replete with all the beauties we had anticipated, that the fear of
baring it imputed to ourselves, alone deters us from enriching our columns ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1913)
"This is not a case of a purchaser who, without any agreement or connivance with
the defendant in execution, deters bidders by falsely representing that he ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1901)
"The British view was that the liability to capture of private property afloat
deters nations from going to war and impels them to bring wars to a close, ..."
4. The History of the Roman Emperors: From Augustus to Constantine by Jean Baptiste Louis Crévier, John Mills (1814)
"A violent storm deters an army of Scythians from attacking the Romans. empire,
months. A new scene, still more tragical and bloody, opens upon us now. ..."
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