disturn

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verb

To turn aside.

OriginOld French destourner ← French détourner →
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Meanings

verbdisturn (third-person singular simple present disturns, present participle disturning, simple past and past participle disturned)

present singular third person disturns · participle present disturning · participle past disturned · past disturned

  1. obsoleteTo turn aside.

    And glad was to diſturn that furious Stream Of War on us

    1595, Samuel Daniel, “(please specify the folio number)”, in The First Fowre Bookes of the Ciuile Wars between the Two Houses of Lancaster and Yorke, London: […] P[eter] Short for Simon Waterson, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Frenchdétourner
  2. Old Frenchdestourner
  3. Englishdisturn

From Old French destourner, French détourner. See detour.

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APA

disturn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disturn

MLA

“disturn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disturn. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disturn,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disturn.

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