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Definition of Avert
1. Verb. Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening. "Avert a strike"
Generic synonyms: Forbid, Foreclose, Forestall, Preclude, Prevent
Derivative terms: Avertable, Avertible, Avoidable, Obviation
2. Verb. Turn away or aside. "They averted their eyes when the King entered"
Definition of Avert
1. v. t. 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."
2. v. i. To turn away.
Definition of Avert
1. Verb. (transitive) To turn aside or away. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive archaic) To turn away. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Avert
1. to turn away [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Avert
Literary usage of Avert
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"... the latter being battled in a preliminary effort to avert proceedings by the
queen's absolute refusal to entera nunnery, called War- ham and others to a ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1816)
"... the Greeks refused to avert, by LX- a general tax, the impending evils of
servitude and [ullage ; the oppression of the rich excited a more danger- ..."
3. Southern History of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1865)
"His Alleged Inability to avert it.—Critical Condition of the Confederate Armies
in Numbers.— Secret Correspondence of Richmond Officials. ..."
4. A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages by Henry Charles Lea (1922)
"That the list of conditions was supposititious is rendered probable by other
negotiations in which Raymond desperately strove to avert the inevitable ..."
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