All 4 Uses of
deter
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- "Is it possible," said he, "that where your liberty is at stake you can allow any such scruple to deter you from obtaining it?"†
Chpt 15-16deter = try to prevent; or prevent
- "I did not tell your excellency this to deter you from your project," replied Gaetano, "but you questioned me, and I have answered; that's all."†
Chpt 31-32
- "It is not that which deterred me," replied Monte Cristo; "but as I determined to have a house to myself, I sent on my valet de chambre, and he ought by this time to have bought the house and furnished it."†
Chpt 39-40deterred = tried to prevent; or prevented
- let us hear none of the conventional objections that deter weak minds from preparing for the future.
Chpt 71-72 *deter = prevent (discourage an action)