Deflect

v. i. [imp. & p. p. DEFLECTED; p. pr. & vb. n. DEFLECTING.] [Lat. deflectere, from de and flectere, to bend or turn.] To turn aside; to deviate from a right line, proper position, course, or direction; to swerve. “To deflect from the line of truth and reason.” Warburton.

At some part of the Azores, the needle deflecteth not. Browne.

v. t. To cause to turn aside.