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avert, v.|əˈvət|
Also 6 advert.
[a. OF. avert-ir:—late L. āvertēre, for cl. L. āvertĕre to turn away or aside, f. ā- = ab- from + vertĕre to turn. OF. avertir represented both L. āvertĕre and advertĕre, whence avert in ME. also = advert, which see for the eventual differentiation of the forms and senses.]
1. trans. To turn away:
†a. a thing. Obs.
a1400Cov. Myst. 88 Mayde most mercyfulle..A verte of[f] the anguysche that Adam began.
b. a person from a place, thing, or course of action; to draw away, withdraw. arch.
c1555Harpsfield Divorce Hen. VIII (1878) 66 To averte and deflect him from this enterprise. 1674tr. Scheffer's Lapland xxvi. 122 The Priests avert them from so doing. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. ii. 239 Mighty Cæsar, whose victorious Arms..Avert unwarlike Indians from his Rome. 1862Trollope Orley F. xv, How fatal it might be to avert her father from the cause while the trial was still pending.
†c. fig. To turn away in mind or inclination; to alienate, estrange. Obs. or arch.
1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 607/2 Saynte Peter was once from God auerted, and sinnefully turned away. 1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. iv. xii. §6 For fear of averting them from the Christian faith. 1633Primer Virg. Mary 258 Pilate..said to them, you haue presented vnto me this man, as auerting the people. 1877[see averted].
†2. refl. To turn oneself away. Obs.
1541Barnes Wks. (1573) 360/1 Hee that doth beleeue, and auerte hym selfe from hys sinnes.
3. intr. (by omission of refl. pron.) To turn away. arch. or Obs.
1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 73/1 Yf ye auert and torne fro me. 1607Topsell Serpents 754 To hate and avert from that which is evill. 1805Southey Madoc in Azt. xii, And from that hideous man Averting, to Ocellopan he turn'd.
4. trans. To turn away (the face, eyes, thoughts).
1578Ps. li. in Sc. Poems 16thc. II. 115 Fra my sinnes advert thy face. 1605Shakes. Lear i. i. 214 Therefore beseech you T' auert your liking a more worthier way. 1667Milton P.L. xii. 108 Till God at last..withdraw His presence..and avert His holy Eyes. 1837Whewell Hist. Induct. Sci. (1857) I. 195 The thoughts were thus intentionally averted from those ideas.
5. To turn away anything about to befall, esp. things threatened or feared; to prevent the incidence or occurrence of; to ward off.
1612Warner Alb. Eng. i. v. 17 And so auert our ire. 1686Dryden Hind. & P. iii. 872 Avert it Heaven! nor let that plague be sent. 1791Cowper Iliad vi. 20 None interposed To avert his woeful doom. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 201 Any expedient which might avert the danger.
†6. To oppose; to view with aversion. Obs.
1635D. Person Varieties ii. iv. 62 Our moderne astronomers, averting this Aristotelian opinion, have found, etc. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. i. iii. 8 Averting the errors of Reason. 1667Decay Chr. Piety vi. §9. 251 The nature of mankind doth certainly avert both killing and being kill'd.
¶ catachr. for evert and revert.
1533Bellendene Livy (1822) 334 His hous and biggingis..suld be avertit and cassin doun to the ground. 1540Act 32 Hen. VIII, xxix, Landes..shall..be descendable, remaine, auert, come, and be inheritable. |