avertiveadj.
/əˈvəːtɪv/ Designed to avert or ward off.
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avertive1889
1889 Cornhill Mag. May 491 A series of avertive and violent sweeps of a table-napkin.
1895 Q. Rev. July 211 We are not convinced that the heraldic animals were originally ‘avertive’ amulets.
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adj.1889- drive up
- drive up the wall
- drive wheel
- drive whist
- drive with the weather
- drive, force, throw a oneself into the arms of
- drive, force, throw a oneself into the arms of someone
- drive, force, throw a oneself into the arms of something
- drive, force, throw a person into the arms of
- drive, force, throw a person into the arms of someone
- drive, force, throw a person into the arms of something
- drive, force, throw into the arms of
- drive, force, throw into the arms of someone
- drive, force, throw into the arms of something
- drive-by
- drive-by-wire
- drive-bys
- drive-ending
- drive-in
- drive-killing
- drive-off
- drive-on
- drive-on/drive-off
- drive-sustaining
- drive-through