different between avert vs averted

English

Etymology

From Middle English averten, adverten, from Old French avertir (“turn, direct, avert; turn the attention, make aware”), from Latin ?vertere, present active infinitive of ?vert?, from ab + vert? (“to turn”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??v??t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??v?t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Verb

avert (third-person singular simple present averts, present participle averting, simple past and past participle averted)

1. (transitive) To turn aside or away.

   To avert the eyes from an object.

2. (transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.

   How can the danger be averted?

   • 1700, Matthew Prior, Carmen Seculare. for the Year 1700

     Till ardent prayer averts the public woe.

3. (intransitive, archaic) To turn away.

   • Cold and averting from our neighbour's good.

4. (transitive, archaic) To turn away.
   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Unity in Religion

     When atheists and profane persons do hear of so many discordant and contrary opinions in religion, it doth avert them from the church.

Synonyms

• (to prevent): forestall
• See also Thesaurus:hinder

Derived terms

• averter (agent noun: epicene or masculine)
• avertress (agent noun: feminine)

Translations

References

• "avert" at OneLook® Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Trave, tarve, trave

Romansch

Alternative forms

• aviert (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter)

Etymology

From Latin apertus.

Adjective

avert m (feminine singular averta, masculine plural averts, feminine plural avertas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader) open

Related terms

• avrir

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??v?t?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??v??t?d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t?d

Adjective

averted (comparative more averted, superlative most averted)

1. Turned away, especially as an expression of feeling; also, offended; unpropitious.

Related terms

• avert

Verb

averted

1. simple past tense and past participle of avert