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a⋅vert

  [uh-vurt]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to turn away or aside: to avert one's eyes.
2. to ward off; prevent: to avert evil; to avert an accident.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < MF avertir ≪ L āvertere, equiv. 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
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a·vert   (ə-vûrt')   
tr.v.   a·vert·ed, a·vert·ing, a·verts
  1. To turn away: avert one's eyes.
  2. To ward off (something about to happen); prevent: averted an accident by turning sharply. See Synonyms at prevent.

[Middle English averten, from Old French avertir, from Latin āvertere : ā-, ab-, away from; see ab-1 + vertere, to turn; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.]
a·vert'i·ble, a·vert'a·ble adj.
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Avert

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.

Avert

A*vert"\, v. i. To turn away. [Archaic]

Cold and averting from our neighbor's good. --Thomson.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : avert
Spanish: desviar, apartar,
German: abwenden,
Japanese: そむける
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avert 
1400, from O.Fr. avertir, from L. avertere "to turn away," from ab- "from, away" + vertere "to turn" see versus).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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