Definizione monolingua

deter

deter (third-person singular simple present deters, present participle deterring, simple past and past participle deterred)

1. To prevent something from happening.
2. To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.
   • 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 10.

     we have in following enquiry, attempted to throw some light upon subjects, from which uncertainty has hitherto deterred the wise

Definizione dizionario deter

dissuadere

distogliere

impaurire

rimuovere

scoraggiare

spaventare

trattenere

Altri significati:

To prevent something from happening.

To persuade someone not to do something

To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.

To prevent or discourage from acting.

To prevent something from happening