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▪ I. deterring, vbl. n.|dɪˈtɜːrɪŋ|
[f. deter v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of hindering through fear.
1642in Clarendon Hist. Reb. iv. (1843) 161/2 The deterring of others from discharging their duties. 1648W. Mountague Devout Ess. i. x. §1 (R.) The deterrings and disabuses appeare together with the delectations.
▪ II. deˈterring, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That deters; that keeps off through fear.
1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 323 A new deterring name, of Kill abundance. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1862) I. ii. 10 The internal parts of the country are still more desolate and deterring. 1872Geo. Eliot Middlem. lxxiii. 188 Their highest qualities can only cast a deterring shadow over the objects. |