v. t.
When atheists and profane persons do hear of so many discordant and contrary opinions in religion, it doth avert them from the church. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Till ardent prayer averts the public woe. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To turn away. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Cold and averting from our neighbor's good. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Turned away, esp. as an expression of feeling; also, offended; unpropitious. [ 1913 Webster ]
Who scornful pass it with averted eye. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, averts. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being averted; preventable. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Advertisement. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. travertin, It. travertino, tiburtino, L. lapis Tiburtinus, fr. Tibur an ancient town of Latium, now Tivoli. ] (Min.) A white concretionary form of calcium carbonate, usually hard and semicrystalline. It is deposited from the water of springs or streams holding lime in solution. Extensive deposits exist at Tivoli, near Rome. [ 1913 Webster ]