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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
averting
n 1: the act of preventing something from occurring; "averting
danger was his responsibility"
2: the act of turning away "averting her gaze means that she
must be angry with me"
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