Both Uses of
deter
in
Paradise Lost
- But I should ill become this throne, O Peers, And this imperial sovereignty, adorned With splendour, armed with power, if aught proposed And judged of public moment in the shape Of difficulty or danger, could deter Me from attempting.†
Book 2
- Deterred not from achieving what might lead
To happier life, knowledge of good and evil;
Book 9 *deterred = prevented
Definition:
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(deter) try to prevent; or prevent