antevert

verb — 2 senses

antevert

verb

/æntɪˈvɜː(ɹ)t/

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

1

Obsolete To prevent, to avert.

  • antevert some great danger to the public1649, Joseph Hall, Resolutions and Decisions of Divers Practicall cases of Conscience:
2

Medicine, Sciences To displace by anteversion, or make anteverted

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