verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To prevent, to avert. obsolete

   "antevert some great danger to the public"

2. 2
   To displace by anteversion, or make anteverted

Example

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"antevert some great danger to the public"

Etymology

From Latin antevertere, from ante + vertere (“to turn”).

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