averruncate
transitive verb
-ed/-ing/-s
1
obsolete : to ward off or avert (something, such as an evil)
2
obsolete : to weed out : cut away (something, such as a weed) : uproot, remove
averruncation noun
plural -s
Word History
Etymology
English averruncate (partly influenced in meaning by Latin eruncare to weed out), from Latin averruncatus, past participle of averruncare to avert, from a, ab from, away + verruncare to turn; perhaps akin to Latin verrere to sweep