Definition of avert

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Avert (v. i.) To turn away.

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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..
Depulsory :: Depulsory (a.) Driving or thrusting away; averting.
Struggle :: Struggle (n.) Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil..
Averruncation :: Averruncation (n.) The act of averting.
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..
Defray :: Defray (v. t.) To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath..
Avertible :: Avertible (a.) Capable of being averted; preventable.
Forefend :: Forefend (v. t.) To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the approach of; to forbid or prohibit. See Forfend.
Averruncate :: Averruncate (v. t.) To avert; to ward off.
Avertiment :: Avertiment (n.) Advertisement.
Deprecatory :: Deprecatory (a.) Serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic.
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.
Shield :: Shield (n.) To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid!.
Avert :: Avert (v. i.) To turn away.
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..
Avert :: 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..
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..
Averter :: Averter (n.) One who, or that which, averts..
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