| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To turn or cause to turn in place, as on a hinge or fixed point, tracing an arclike path: swing, wheel. See MOVE. 2. To move, as a gun, laterally: swivel, traverse. See MOVE. 3. To change the direction or course of: avert, deflect, deviate, divert, shift, swing, turn, veer. See CHANGE.
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| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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