deter
Meaning
- to stop, arrest, detain, restrain
- to deter
- to withhold
- to hold (a right or privilege)
- to own (corporate)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/deˈte(ʁ)/
Etymology
In summary
From Old Galician-Portuguese detẽer, from Latin dētinēre (“to detain”).
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