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avert

Cross references:
  1. prevent               
 
avert \*-'v*rt\ vt [ME averten, fr. MF avertir, fr. L avertere, fr. ab- 
   +]vertere to turn - more at WORTH 1: to turn away or aside (as the eyes)  
   2: to see coming and ward off : AVOID