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averter

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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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Word Origin & History

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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