avert

verb

/əˈvɝt/US/əˈvɜːt/UK

Etymology

From Middle English averten, adverten, from Old French avertir (“turn, direct, avert; turn the attention, make aware”), from Latin āvertere, from ab + vertō (“to turn”).

derived from āvertō
derived from avertir
inherited from averten

Definitions

1
To turn aside or away.
- I averted my eyes while my friend typed in her password.
- When atheists and profane persons do hear of so many discordant and contrary opinions in religion, it doth avert them from the church.
2
To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
- How can the danger be averted?
- Till ardent prayer averts the public woe.
- Indeed, there was some highly questionable jiggery-pokery with couplings and continuous brakes in this agreeable story, which featured Moore Marriott as an old driver who averts a disaster on his last run.
3
To turn away.
- Cold and averting from our neighbour's good.

The neighborhood

synonymhinder

Derived

avertable, averter, avertible, avertress

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