avertv.

/əˈvət/

Forms: Also 1500s advert.

Etymology: < Old French avert-ir < late Latin āvertēre , for classical Latin āvertĕre to turn away or aside, < ā- = ab- from + vertĕre to turn. Old French avertir represented both Latin āvertĕre and advertĕre , whence avert in Middle English also = advert v., which see for the eventual differentiation of the forms and senses.

1. transitive. To turn away:

†a. a thing. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1400 Cov. 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. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun > turn aside from > cause to

writhea1400

wrya1400

reflecta1500

reverta1500

withstand1508

reversec1540

declinea1555

evert1569

deflecta1575

divert1609

bias1628

blank1640

avert1697

shunt1858

sidetrack1887

ride1908

a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 66 To averte and deflect him from this enterprise.

1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland xxvi. 122 The Priests avert them from so doing.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 78 Mighty Cæsar, whose victorious Arms..Avert unwarlike Indians from his Rome.

1862 A. Trollope Orley Farm II. xv. 121 She pointed out how fatal it might be to avert her father from the cause while the trial was still pending.

†c. figurative. To turn away in mind or inclination; to alienate, estrange. Obsolete or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > hatred > quarrel or falling out > quarrel or fall at variance with [verb (transitive)]

alienc1350

strange1460

estrangea1513

alienate1531

avert1532

stranger1608

to set off1633

disaffect1641

disoblige1647

unfriend1659

rupture1815

split1835

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 607/2 Saynte Peter was once from God auerted, and sinnefully turned away.

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iv. xii. 198 For feare of auerting them from Christian faith.

1633 Primer Blessed Virgin Marie i. 258 Pilate..said to them, you haue presented vnto me this man, as auerting the people.

1877 L. Morris Epic of Hades i. 16 Appease Zeus and the averted gods.

†2. reflexive. To turn oneself away. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > direct [verb (reflexive)] > turn away

to turn awaya1382

avert1541

1541 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 360/1 Hee that doth beleeue, and auerte hym selfe from hys sinnes.

3. intransitive (by omission of reflexive pronoun.) To turn away. archaic or Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > point or lie in a direction [verb (intransitive)] > turn round or to face a direction > turn away

abowOE

hieldc1275

to turn awayc1300

to hide one's facea1382

wrenka1400

awherfc1400

avert1483

to turn the backc1540

twine1600

averse1652

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 73/1 Yf ye auert and torne fro me.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 127 To hate and auert from that which is euill.

1805 R. Southey Madoc ii. xii. 291 And from that hideous man Averting, to Ocelopan he turned.

4. transitive. To turn away (the face, eyes, thoughts).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > direct [verb (transitive)] > turn (something) to a (different) direction > turn away

awendOE

to turn awaya1225

wryc1400

reversec1540

evert1569

avert1578

nurture1627

1578 Ps. li, in Sc. Poems 16thc. II. 115 Fra my sinnes advert thy face.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear i. 201 Therefore beseech you, To auert your liking a more worthier way.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 108 Till God at last..withdraw His presence..and avert His holy Eyes.

1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. iv. i. 253 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.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > obviate > prevent the occurrence of or avert

werec925

withsitc1300

shun1338

to turn awaya1382

forfend1382

declinec1430

stopa1538

divert1548

refract1563

withturn1563

antevert1583

avert1586

pervert1594

deprive1627

averruncate1663

stave1664

to stop off1891

1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. i. v. 15 And so auart our ire.

1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 121 Avert it, Heav'n; nor let that Plague be sent.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. vi. 20 None interposed To avert his woeful doom.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 201 Any expedient which might avert the danger.

†6. To oppose; to view with aversion. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)]

withgo743

to go again ——OE

withsayc1175

again-goc1275

withsitc1300

thwarta1325

to go against ——a1382

counter1382

repugnc1384

adversea1393

craba1400

gainsaya1400

movec1400

overthwart?a1425

to put (also set) one's face againsta1425

traversea1425

contrairc1425

to take again ——c1425

contraryc1430

to take against ——a1450

opposec1485

again-seta1500

gain?a1500

oppone1500

transverse1532

to come up against1535

heave at1546

to be against1549

encounter1549

to set shoulder against1551

to fly in the face of1553

crossc1555

to cross with1590

countermand1592

forstand1599

opposit1600

thorter1608

obviate1609

disputea1616

obstrigillate1623

contradict1632

avert1635

to set one's hand against1635

top1641

militate1642

to come across ——1653

contrariate1656

to cross upon (or on)1661

shock1667

clash1685

rencounter1689

obtend1697

counteract1708

oppugnate1749

retroact?1761

controvert1782

react1795

to set against ——1859

appose-

1635 D. Person Varieties ii. 62 Our moderne astronomers, averting this Aristotelian opinion, have found, etc.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. iii. 8 Averting the errors of Reason.

1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety vi. 128 The nature of mankind doth certainly avert both killing and being kill'd.

7. To evert; to revert.

ΚΠ

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) 334 His hous and biggingis..suld be avertit and cassin doun to the ground.

1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII xxix Landes..shall..be descendable, remaine, auert, come, and be inheritable.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	avert
释义	avertv. /əˈvət/ Forms: Also 1500s advert. Etymology: < Old French avert-ir < late Latin āvertēre , for classical Latin āvertĕre to turn away or aside, < ā- = ab- from + vertĕre to turn. Old French avertir represented both Latin āvertĕre and advertĕre , whence avert in Middle English also = advert v., which see for the eventual differentiation of the forms and senses. 1. transitive. To turn away: †a. a thing. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1400 Cov. 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. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun > turn aside from > cause to writhea1400 wrya1400 reflecta1500 reverta1500 withstand1508 reversec1540 declinea1555 evert1569 deflecta1575 divert1609 bias1628 blank1640 avert1697 shunt1858 sidetrack1887 ride1908 a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 66 To averte and deflect him from this enterprise. 1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland xxvi. 122 The Priests avert them from so doing. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 78 Mighty Cæsar, whose victorious Arms..Avert unwarlike Indians from his Rome. View more context for this quotation 1862 A. Trollope Orley Farm II. xv. 121 She pointed out how fatal it might be to avert her father from the cause while the trial was still pending. †c. figurative. To turn away in mind or inclination; to alienate, estrange. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > quarrel or falling out > quarrel or fall at variance with [verb (transitive)] alienc1350 strange1460 estrangea1513 alienate1531 avert1532 stranger1608 to set off1633 disaffect1641 disoblige1647 unfriend1659 rupture1815 split1835 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 607/2 Saynte Peter was once from God auerted, and sinnefully turned away. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iv. xii. 198 For feare of auerting them from Christian faith. 1633 Primer Blessed Virgin Marie i. 258 Pilate..said to them, you haue presented vnto me this man, as auerting the people. 1877 L. Morris Epic of Hades i. 16 Appease Zeus and the averted gods. †2. reflexive. To turn oneself away. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > direct [verb (reflexive)] > turn away to turn awaya1382 avert1541 1541 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 360/1 Hee that doth beleeue, and auerte hym selfe from hys sinnes. 3. intransitive (by omission of reflexive pronoun.) To turn away. archaic or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > point or lie in a direction [verb (intransitive)] > turn round or to face a direction > turn away abowOE hieldc1275 to turn awayc1300 to hide one's facea1382 wrenka1400 awherfc1400 avert1483 to turn the backc1540 twine1600 averse1652 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 73/1 Yf ye auert and torne fro me. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 127 To hate and auert from that which is euill. 1805 R. Southey Madoc ii. xii. 291 And from that hideous man Averting, to Ocelopan he turned. 4. transitive. To turn away (the face, eyes, thoughts). ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > direct [verb (transitive)] > turn (something) to a (different) direction > turn away awendOE to turn awaya1225 wryc1400 reversec1540 evert1569 avert1578 nurture1627 1578 Ps. li, in Sc. Poems 16thc. II. 115 Fra my sinnes advert thy face. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear i. 201 Therefore beseech you, To auert your liking a more worthier way. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 108 Till God at last..withdraw His presence..and avert His holy Eyes. View more context for this quotation 1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. iv. i. 253 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. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > obviate > prevent the occurrence of or avert werec925 withsitc1300 shun1338 to turn awaya1382 forfend1382 declinec1430 stopa1538 divert1548 refract1563 withturn1563 antevert1583 avert1586 pervert1594 deprive1627 averruncate1663 stave1664 to stop off1891 1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. i. v. 15 And so auart our ire. 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 121 Avert it, Heav'n; nor let that Plague be sent. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. vi. 20 None interposed To avert his woeful doom. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 201 Any expedient which might avert the danger. †6. To oppose; to view with aversion. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] withgo743 to go again ——OE withsayc1175 again-goc1275 withsitc1300 thwarta1325 to go against ——a1382 counter1382 repugnc1384 adversea1393 craba1400 gainsaya1400 movec1400 overthwart?a1425 to put (also set) one's face againsta1425 traversea1425 contrairc1425 to take again ——c1425 contraryc1430 to take against ——a1450 opposec1485 again-seta1500 gain?a1500 oppone1500 transverse1532 to come up against1535 heave at1546 to be against1549 encounter1549 to set shoulder against1551 to fly in the face of1553 crossc1555 to cross with1590 countermand1592 forstand1599 opposit1600 thorter1608 obviate1609 disputea1616 obstrigillate1623 contradict1632 avert1635 to set one's hand against1635 top1641 militate1642 to come across ——1653 contrariate1656 to cross upon (or on)1661 shock1667 clash1685 rencounter1689 obtend1697 counteract1708 oppugnate1749 retroact?1761 controvert1782 react1795 to set against ——1859 appose- 1635 D. Person Varieties ii. 62 Our moderne astronomers, averting this Aristotelian opinion, have found, etc. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. iii. 8 Averting the errors of Reason. View more context for this quotation 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety vi. 128 The nature of mankind doth certainly avert both killing and being kill'd. 7. To evert; to revert. ΚΠ 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) 334 His hous and biggingis..suld be avertit and cassin doun to the ground. 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII xxix Landes..shall..be descendable, remaine, auert, come, and be inheritable. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.a1400
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