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aˈverseness
Also 7 aversnes(s, aversenesse.
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or state of being averse; a mental attitude of opposition, disfavour, dislike, or repugnance; = aversion 4.
1623T. Scot Highw. God & King 11 With most..obstinate auersenesse. 1654Cokayne Dianea iv. 316 His complaints against the aversenesses of heaven. 1689Locke Toleration i. Wks. 1751 II. 250 Unreasonable averseness of mind.
b. Const. as in aversion 4 b, c.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. vi. xlii. (1632) 146 His auersnes from so dangerous an ambition. 1622in Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) I. 71 Considering all the aversness unto it of the Infanta. 1666Pepys Diary 14 Dec., The House..showing all manner of averseness to give the king money. 1683P. Lorrain Muret's Rites Fun. 152 Such an horror and averseness for the corruption of the Dead. 1741Middleton Cicero (1742) II. viii. 362 Caesar's averseness to restore him. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) I. xx. 145, I am sorry for your averseness to this match. 1765Tucker Lt. Nat. II. 381 An invincible averseness against all supernatural interposition. 1863Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. ii. iii. 327 It is not from any averseness to them [special verdicts] in juries. |