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Averted

//əˈvɝtɪd// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Turned away, especially as an expression of feeling.

    "It will not come as a surprise that Paul experiences much oppositional, averted anger, which is partly an adequate answer to the intrusions he has experienced and partly makes[…]"

  2. 2
    Turned or directed away (from something). also

    "[...] : for Mompelgard, two barbels endorsed with tails averted, in a field gules : for Heydenheim, a Saracen's head, with a kind of hussar's cap gules[…]"

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of avert form-of, participle, past

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