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STOP |
Avert |
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STAVEOFF |
Avert |
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AVOID |
Avert |
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AVERTED |
Of Avert |
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AVERTING |
Of Avert |
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STAVE |
Avert, ... off |
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ALIBI |
Excuse intended to avert blame |
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AVERRUNCATE |
To avert; to ward off. |
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FORFEND |
To prohibit; to forbid; to avert. |
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POSSUM |
What to play in order to avert confrontation |
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PARAGRANDINE |
An instrument to avert the occurrence of hailstorms.
See Paragr/le. |
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SHIELD |
To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory
exclamation, forbid! |
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DEPRECATORY |
Serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil
by prayer; apologetic. |
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STRUGGLE |
Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to
avert an evil. |
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DEFRAY |
To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as,
to defray wrath. |
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FOREFEND |
To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the
approach of; to forbid or prohibit. See Forfend. |
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TALISMAN |
Hence, something that produces extraordinary effects,
esp. in averting or repelling evil; an amulet; a charm; as, a talisman
to avert diseases. |
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SUPPLICATION |
A religious solemnity observed in consequence of some
military success, and also, in times of distress and danger, to avert
the anger of the gods. |
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DEPRECATE |
To pray against, as an evil; to seek to avert by
prayer; to desire the removal of; to seek deliverance from; to express
deep regret for; to disapprove of strongly. |
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AVERT |
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." |