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5 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
verb turn away or aside
originFrom Middle English averten, adverten, from Old French avertir (“turn, direct, avert; turn the attention, make aware”), from Latin āvertere, from ab + vertō (“to turn”).
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