averting : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: averting	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for averting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
averting n the act of preventing something from occurring; "averting danger was his responsibility" the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away; "averting her gaze meant that she was angry" Synonym(s): aversion, averting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Avert \A*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Averted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Averting}.] [L. avertere; a, ab + vertere to turn: cf. OF. avertir. See {Verse}, n.] To turn aside, or away; as, to avert the eyes from an object; to ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of; as, how can the danger be averted? [bd]To avert his ire.[b8] --Milton. When atheists and profane persons do hear of so many discordant and contrary opinions in religion, it doth avert them from the church. --Bacon. Till ardent prayer averts the public woe. --Prior.