Definition of avert

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Avert (v. i.) To turn away.

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Averruncate :: Averruncate (v. t.) To avert; to ward off.
Defray :: Defray (v. t.) To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath..
Struggle :: Struggle (n.) Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil..
Averter :: Averter (n.) One who, or that which, averts..
Averted :: Averted (a.) Turned away, esp. as an expression of feeling; also, offended; unpropitious..
Avert :: Avert (v. i.) To turn away.
Avertible :: Avertible (a.) Capable of being averted; preventable.
Avertiment :: Avertiment (n.) Advertisement.
Expiation :: Expiation (n.) An act by which the treats of prodigies were averted among the ancient heathen.
Forfend :: Forfend (v. t.) To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.
Deprecatory :: Deprecatory (a.) Serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic.
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..
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..
Forefend :: Forefend (v. t.) To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the approach of; to forbid or prohibit. See Forfend.
Beaverteen :: Beaverteen (n.) A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing..
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..
Averting :: Averting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aver.
Averruncation :: Averruncation (n.) The act of averting.
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..
Averted :: Averted (imp. & p. p.) of Aver.
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