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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
avert
    v 1: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's
         avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert
         a strike" [syn: debar, forefend, forfend, obviate,
         deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off,
         avoid, ward off]
    2: turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King
       entered" [syn: avert, turn away]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Avert \A*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Averted; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Averting.] [L. avertere; a, ab + vertere to turn: cf. OF.
   avertir. See Verse, n.]
   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.
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         When atheists and profane persons do hear of so many
         discordant and contrary opinions in religion, it doth
         avert them from the church.              --Bacon.
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         Till ardent prayer averts the public woe. --Prior.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Avert \A*vert"\, v. i.
   To turn away. [Archaic]
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         Cold and averting from our neighbor's good. --Thomson.
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4. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016)
AVERT
       Anti-Virus Emergency Response Team (McAfee)
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