Bible Dictionaries
Deflect

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. i.) To turn aside; to deviate from a right or a horizontal line, or from a proper position, course or direction; to swerve.

(2):

(v. t.) To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often deflected.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Deflect'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/deflect.html. 1828.