All 3 Uses of
deter
in
Billy Budd
- While the old man's eccentricities, sometimes bordering on the ursine, repelled the juniors, Billy, undeterred thereby, revering him as a salt hero, would make advances, never passing the old Agamemnon man without a salutation marked by that respect which is seldom lost on the aged however crabbed at times or whatever their station in life.†
Chpt 9undeterred = 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.
- And, probably, had such a step been suggested to him, he would have been deterred from taking it by the...
Chpt 15 *deterred = prevented
- Similar impatience as to talking is perhaps one reason that deters some minds from addressing any popular assemblies.†
Chpt 21deters = prevents; or discourages
Definitions:
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(1)
(deter) try to prevent; or prevent
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)