Definition of Avrt
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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
Quotations
*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.
- (Archaic): To turn away.
Quotations
*Cold and averting from our neighbor's good. - Thomson.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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