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Definition of Averted
1. a. Turned away, esp. as an expression of feeling; also, offended; unpropitious.
Definition of Averted
1. Adjective. Turned away, especially as an expression of feeling; also, offended; unpropitious. ¹
2. Verb. (past of avert) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Averted
1. avert [v] - See also: avert
Lexicographical Neighbors of Averted
Literary usage of Averted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Scarcely was this danger averted when Eugene became involved in a far more ...
The schism which now seemed inevitable was for the time averted by the ..."
2. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1887)
"all further excesses ; I but the hope, we know, was His com- not fulfilled ; and
a criticism rendered complete by of Brown's pleted ' . averted. ..."
3. The Growth of British Policy: An Historical Essay by John Robert Seeley (1895)
"The European Revolution does not appear in history, because it was averted at
the last moment; it was averted by the very fact that the English Revolution ..."
4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1877)
"A correspondent of the British Medical Journal forwards an interesting report of
a case in which death was averted, apparently by the immediate inhalation ..."
5. Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William by Nassau William Senior, Alexis “de” Tocqueville (1872)
"1854-] Revolution of 1789 could not be averted. by way of fraternizing with the
bourgeoisie; affiche'ing his liberalism. De Tocqueville quoted Napoleon as ..."
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