Definition of avert

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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..

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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..
Shield :: Shield (n.) To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid!.
Struggle :: Struggle (n.) Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil..
Averted :: Averted (a.) Turned away, esp. as an expression of feeling; also, offended; unpropitious..
Paragrandine :: Paragrandine (n.) An instrument to avert the occurrence of hailstorms. See Paragr/le.
Deprecatory :: Deprecatory (a.) Serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic.
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..
Averter :: Averter (n.) One who, or that which, averts..
Averting :: Averting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aver.
Expiation :: Expiation (n.) An act by which the treats of prodigies were averted among the ancient heathen.
Forefend :: Forefend (v. t.) To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the approach of; to forbid or prohibit. See Forfend.
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..
Averruncation :: Averruncation (n.) The act of averting.
Averted :: Averted (imp. & p. p.) of Aver.
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..
Beaverteen :: Beaverteen (n.) A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing..
Charm :: Charm (n.) Anything worn for its supposed efficacy to the wearer in averting ill or securing good fortune.
Depulsory :: Depulsory (a.) Driving or thrusting away; averting.
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