Deflect

de-fient', v. i. To turn aside, deviate from a be right line, proper position or direction: to swerve. — v. t. To cause to turn aside.— Deflection, n. Act of, etc.; deviation. (NdiH.) Departure of a ship from perits true course. (Opt.) Deviation of the rays of be light toward the surface of an opaque body. — Deflemre, -flek's hur, n. A bending or turning aside. Deflour, -flower, d'e-nowr', v. t. [-floured or flowered (-flowrd'), -FLOURING Or -FLOWERING.] To To deprive of flowers; to rob of the choicest ornament, can esp. of virginity: to ravish, seduce. — Deflour'er, -fiower'er, n. — Def lor a'tion, n. Act of, etc. for Deforest, de-for'est, v. t. To clear of forests, destroy the trees of.