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Definition of avert

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Avert (n.) To turn aside, or away; as, to avert the eyes from an object; to ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of; as, how can the danger be averted? To avert his ire..

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Defray :: Defray (v. t.) To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath..

Avert :: Avert (v. i.) To turn away.

Forefend :: Forefend (v. t.) To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the approach of; to forbid or prohibit. See Forfend.

Talisman :: Talisman (n.) Hence, something that produces extraordinary effects, esp. in averting or repelling evil; an amulet; a charm; as, a talisman to avert diseases..

Expiation :: Expiation (n.) An act by which the treats of prodigies were averted among the ancient heathen.

Charm :: Charm (n.) Anything worn for its supposed efficacy to the wearer in averting ill or securing good fortune.

Deprecate :: Deprecate (v. t.) To pray against, as an evil; to seek to avert by prayer; to desire the removal of; to seek deliverance from; to express deep regret for; to disapprove of strongly..

Beaverteen :: Beaverteen (n.) A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing..

Averted :: Averted (a.) Turned away, esp. as an expression of feeling; also, offended; unpropitious..

Travertine :: Travertine (n.) A white concretionary form of calcium carbonate, usually hard and semicrystalline. It is deposited from the water of springs or streams holding lime in solution. Extensive deposits exist at Tivoli, near Rome..

Avertible :: Avertible (a.) Capable of being averted; preventable.

Averted :: Averted (imp. & p. p.) of Aver.

Avertiment :: Avertiment (n.) Advertisement.

Forfend :: Forfend (v. t.) To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.

Averruncate :: Averruncate (v. t.) To avert; to ward off.

Supplicator :: Supplication (n.) A religious solemnity observed in consequence of some military success, and also, in times of distress and danger, to avert the anger of the gods..

Depulsory :: Depulsory (a.) Driving or thrusting away; averting.

Struggle :: Struggle (n.) Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil..

Paragrandine :: Paragrandine (n.) An instrument to avert the occurrence of hailstorms. See Paragr/le.

Deprecatory :: Deprecatory (a.) Serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic.