Definition of averse

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Averse (a.) Having a repugnance or opposition of mind; disliking; disinclined; unwilling; reluctant.

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Transversal :: Transversal (n.) A straight line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines, as a line intersecting the three sides of a triangle or the sides produced..
Lazy :: Lazy (superl.) Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work.
Hunt :: Hunt (v. t.) To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country..
Averse :: Averse (v. t. & i.) To turn away.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A turning; a trick; a subterfuge.
Traverse :: Traverse (v. i.) To turn, as on a pivot; to move round; to swivel; as, the needle of a compass traverses; if it does not traverse well, it is an unsafe guide..
Traverser :: Traverser (n.) A traverse table. See under Traverse, n..
Averse :: Averse (a.) Turned away or backward.
Course :: Course (n.) The ground or path traversed; track; way.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches..
Gabionade :: Gabionade (n.) A traverse made with gabions between guns or on their flanks, protecting them from enfilading fire..
Trance :: Trance (v. t.) To pass over or across; to traverse.
Willing :: Willing (v. t.) Free to do or to grant; having the mind inclined; not opposed in mind; not choosing to refuse; disposed; not averse; desirous; consenting; complying; ready.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) The turning of a gun so as to make it point in any desired direction.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A barrier, sliding door, movable screen, curtain, or the like..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) Something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs; a cross accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky traverses not under his control..
Parados :: Parados (n.) An intercepting mound, erected in any part of a fortification to protect the defenders from a rear or ricochet fire; a traverse..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To turn to the one side or the other, in order to point in any direction; as, to traverse a cannon..
Alienate :: Alienate (v. t.) To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from..
Nautilus :: Nautilus (n.) The only existing genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopods. About four species are found living in the tropical Pacific, but many other species are found fossil. The shell is spiral, symmetrical, and chambered, or divided into several cavities by simple curved partitions, which are traversed and connected together by a continuous and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See Tetrabranchiata..
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