Definition of avert

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Avert (v. i.) To turn away.

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Averruncation :: Averruncation (n.) The act of averting.
Averruncate :: Averruncate (v. t.) To avert; to ward off.
Depulsory :: Depulsory (a.) Driving or thrusting away; averting.
Averting :: Averting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aver.
Forfend :: Forfend (v. t.) To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.
Charm :: Charm (n.) Anything worn for its supposed efficacy to the wearer in averting ill or securing good fortune.
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..
Forefend :: Forefend (v. t.) To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the approach of; to forbid or prohibit. See Forfend.
Paragrandine :: Paragrandine (n.) An instrument to avert the occurrence of hailstorms. See Paragr/le.
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..
Avert :: Avert (v. i.) To turn away.
Averter :: Averter (n.) One who, or that which, averts..
Avertiment :: Avertiment (n.) Advertisement.
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..
Averted :: Averted (a.) Turned away, esp. as an expression of feeling; also, offended; unpropitious..
Avertible :: Avertible (a.) Capable of being averted; preventable.
Defray :: Defray (v. t.) To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath..
Beaverteen :: Beaverteen (n.) A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing..
Shield :: Shield (n.) To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid!.
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..
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