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avert(dictionary)

avert (iou)



avert verb. LME.
[Partly from Old French avertir, partly directly from Latin avertere, from a AB- + vertere turn.]
verb trans. Turn away (a person) from a place, course of action, etc. arch. LME.
Dryden Mighty C?sar, whose victorious Arms..Avert unwarlike Indians from his Rome. A. Trollope How fatal it might be to avert her father from the cause while the trial was still pending.
verb intrans. Turn away (from). arch. L15.
Southey And from that hideous man Averting, to Ocellopan he turn'd.
verb trans. Alienate, estrange. arch. M16.
L. Morris Appease Zeus and the averted Gods.
verb trans. Turn away (the face, eyes, thoughts, etc.). L16.
Shakespeare King Lear I..therefore beseech you T'avert your liking a more worthier way. R. G. Collingwood I could not bear to look at it, and passed with averted eyes. F. Raphael James was asleep.., his head averted from the light of the door.
verb trans. Prevent; ward off. E17.
J. B. Priestley Elsie averted the kiss that she knew would inevitably have descended upon her a moment later. A. Lurie Time is of the essence if a frightful disaster is to be averted.
verb trans. Oppose; view with aversion. Only in M17.
avertable adjective = avertible L19.
avertible adjective preventable M17.