avert
avert is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.To turn away. [Archaic] Cold and averting from our neighbor's good. Thomson.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- ablepsy
- amaurosis
- another
- away
- blind
- blindfold
- blindness
- blink
- cataract
- cecity
- close
- dark
- dazzle
- drop
- dust
- excecation
- from
- grope
- have
- hide
- hoodwink
- into
- limited
- look
- lose
- noctograph
- not
- out
- over
- poudre
- prestriction
- pull
- put
- render
- screen
- see
- serene
- shut
- sight
- the
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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