Both Uses of
deter
in
Gone with the Wind
- But the fear that the horse might be captured and the money taken from Pork deterred them.†
Chpt 3.28 *deterred = tried to prevent; or prevented
- The mottled wise old eyes saw deeply, saw clearly, with the directness of the savage and the child, undeterred by conscience when danger threatened her pet.†
Chpt 4.35undeterred = not preventedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in undeterred means not and reverses the meaning of deterred. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definition:
try to prevent; or prevent