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swerve

(n): the act of turning aside suddenly
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verb, noun
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7 months ago Minerva said:

And who shall put her to this trial?-- Who but the man who has, as she thinks, already induced her in lesser points to swerve?

Lovelace to Belford, Clarissa by Samuel Richardson

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