Definition of turn

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Turn (n.) A change of condition; especially, a sudden or recurring symptom of illness, as a nervous shock, or fainting spell; as, a bad turn..

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Reflection :: Reflection (n.) A part reflected, or turned back, at an angle; as, the reflection of a membrane..
Spell :: Spell (v. t.) To supply the place of for a time; to take the turn of, at work; to relieve; as, to spell the helmsman..
Return :: Return (v. t.) To give back in reply; as, to return an answer; to return thanks..
Sporocyst :: Sporocyst (n.) An asexual zooid, usually forming one of a series of larval forms in the agamic reproduction of various trematodes and other parasitic worms. The sporocyst generally develops from an egg, but in its turn produces other larvae by internal budding, or by the subdivision of a part or all of its contents into a number of minute germs. See Redia..
Turn-sick :: Turn-sick (n.) A disease with which sheep are sometimes affected; gid; sturdy. See Gid.
Divert :: Divert (v. t.) To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended application; to deflect; as, to divert a river from its channel; to divert commerce from its usual course..
Dechristianize :: Dechristianize (v. t.) To turn from, or divest of, Christianity..
Gyration :: Gyration (n.) The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution..
Revert :: Revert (v. i.) To return to the proprietor after the termination of a particular estate granted by him.
Wind :: Wind (n.) The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.
Lopper :: Lopper (v. i.) To turn sour and coagulate from too long standing, as milk..
Turning :: Turning (n.) A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is turned.
Stitch :: Stitch (v. i.) A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn; as, to let down, or drop, a stitch; to take up a stitch..
Wrest :: Wrest (v. t.) To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort.
Vegetable :: Vegetable (n.) A plant used or cultivated for food for man or domestic animals, as the cabbage, turnip, potato, bean, dandelion, etc.; also, the edible part of such a plant, as prepared for market or the table..
Redound :: Redound (n.) The coming back, as of consequence or effect; result; return; requital..
Turn :: Turn (v. t.) To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to make to change position so as to present other sides in given directions; to make to face otherwise; as, to turn a wheel or a spindle; to turn the body or the head..
Reward :: Reward (v. t.) To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate..
Irreturnable :: Irreturnable (a.) Not to be returned.
Wreathe :: Wreathe (n.) To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn.
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