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verb (used with object)

to turn away or aside: to avert one's eyes.

to ward off; prevent: to avert evil; to avert an accident.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French avertir ≪ Latin āvertere, equivalent to ā- a-⁴ + vertere to turn

Related forms

a·vert·ed·ly, adverb

a·vert·er, noun

a·vert·i·ble, a·vert·a·ble, adjective

un·a·vert·ed, adjective

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avert (əˈvɜːt)

—vb
1.	to turn away or aside: to avert one's gaze
2.	to ward off; prevent from occurring: to avert danger

[C15: from Old French avertir, from Latin āvertere; see averse]

a'vertible

—*adj*

a'vertable

—*adj*

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avert

c.1400, from O.Fr. avertir (12c.), "turn, direct; avert; make aware," from V.L. *advertire, from L. avertere "to turn away, to drive away," from ab- "from, away" + vertere "to turn" (see versus).

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