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distogliere — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • avert verb To prevent something bad from happening.
  • beguile verb To deceive or delude (using guile).
  • steal verb To take something that belongs to someone else without permission or intention of returning it.

Senses

distogliere is used for these senses in English:

  • avert (transitive) To turn aside or away.
  • beguile (transitive) To charm, delight or captivate.
  • steal (transitive) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
  • steal (transitive) To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.

avert — full definition

  1. verb To prevent something bad from happening.
  2. verb To turn one's eyes or attention away from something.

beguile — full definition

  1. verb To deceive or delude (using guile).
  2. verb To charm, delight or captivate.
  3. verb To cause (time) to seem to pass quickly, by way of pleasant diversion.

Related Italian words