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deflect (v.)
1550s, from Latin
deflectere
"to bend (something) aside or downward," from
de-
"away" (see
de-
) +
flectere
"to bend" (see
flexible
). Originally transitive, the intransitive sense is first recorded 1640s. Related:
Deflected
;
deflecting
.
