Definitions for: Avert


[v] turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King entered"
[v] prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: avoid, debar, deflect, fend off, head off, obviate, stave off, turn away, ward off

See Also: forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, turn

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