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averse

adj
/əˈvɜː(ɹ)s/UK

Etymology

From Latin aversus, past participle of avertere (“to avert”).

  1. derived from aversus

Definitions

  1. Having a repugnance or opposition of mind.

    • The board is not averse to further talks.
    • “I assure you, cousin,” replied the old gentleman, “that the Baron, notwithstanding his unpleasant manner, […] is not, after all, so bad as you make him out to be; and further, I should like to know why you are so averse to him.”

  2. Turned away or backward.

    • The tracks averse a lying notice gave, / And led the searcher backward from the cave.

  3. Lying on the opposite side (to or from).

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Aversant

      Aversant; of a hand: turned so as to show the back.

    2. To turn away.

      • The inconveniences aversing from clandestine marriages are pointedly depicted in the last two lines, teaching lessons of morality to all romantic babies.

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Derived

aversely, averseness, aversity, risk-averse, unaverse

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA