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▪ I. averting, vbl. n.|əˈvɜːtɪŋ| [f. avert v. + -ing1.] The action of turning away.
1628Bp. Davenant Serm. Westm. 5 Apr. 12 The remoouall of such heauie iudgements..and the auerting of more heauie. 1812Examiner 12 Oct. 652/2 A kind of averting of the eye. ▪ II. aˈverting, ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That turns away; causing aversion, repellent.
c1811Fuseli Lect. Art iv. (1848) 444 A figure as mannered in form and attitude as averting by stern severity. |