Meaning of AVERT
| Pronunciation: | | u'vurt
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- [v] turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King entered"
- [v] prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
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AVERT is a 5 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | avoid, debar, deflect, fend off, head off, obviate, stave off, turn away, ward off |
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| | See Also: | | forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, turn | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\A*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Averted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Averting}.] [L. avertere; a, ab + vertere to turn: cf. OF.
avertir. See {Verse}, 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.''
--Milton.
When atheists and profane persons do hear of so many
discordant and contrary opinions in religion, it doth
avert them from the church. --Bacon.
Till ardent prayer averts the public woe. --Prior.
\A*vert"\, v. i.
To turn away. [Archaic]
Cold and averting from our neighbor's good. --Thomson.
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| | Related Terms: | | about-face, anticipate, balk, bar, bear off, check, debar, deflect, deter, discourage, dishearten, divert, draw aside, ease off, edge off, estop, exclude, face about, fend, fend off, fly off, foil, forbid, foreclose, forestall, frustrate, gee, glance, glance off, go off, halt, haw, head off, help, jib, keep from, keep off, make way for, move aside, obviate, pivot, preclude, prevent, prohibit, remove, repel, right-about-face, rule out, save, sheer, sheer off, shove aside, shunt, shy, shy off, side, sidestep, sidetrack, sidle, stave off, stay, steer clear of, step aside, stop, switch, thwart, transfer, turn aside, turn away, turn back, veer, veer off, volte-face, ward, ward off, wheel, whip, whirl |
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