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avert definition

avert (ə vʉrt′)

transitive verb

  1. to turn away to avert one's glance from an ugly sight
  2. to keep from happening; ward off; prevent he apologized in order to avert trouble

Etymology: L avertere, to turn away < a- (ab-), from + vertere, to turn: see verse

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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